Surrealism, Surrealist(s)

Surrealism, Surrealist(s) (ENG N) Though the word was coined early in the 20th century by Apollinaire, surrealism came into its own with the writers Aragon, Breton (1896 – 1966), Eluard, Soupault (1897 – 1990), Desnos and the artists Dali (1904 – 1989), Miro, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky, 1890 – 1976), Marcel Duchamp (1887 – 1968). Apollinaire's original meaning for the word is found in the preface to his satirical play »Les Mamelles de Tirésias« (The Breasts of Tiresias, 1917) (as well as in…