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Antonin Artaud

Born

in Laval, Mayenne, France

September 04, 1896

Died

March 04, 1948

Genre

Drama, Poetry, Literature and Fiction

Influences

Arthur Rimbaud, Edgar Allan Poe ...more

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French surrealist poet and playwright Antonin Artaud advocated a deliberately shocking and confrontational style of drama that he called "theater of cruelty."

People better knew Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, an essayist, actor, and director.

Considered among the most influential figures in the evolution of modern theory, Antonin Artaud associated with artists and experimental groups in Paris during the 1920s.

Political differences then resulted in him breaking and founding the theatre Alfred Jarry with Roger Vitrac and Robert Aron. Together, they expected to create a forum for works to change radically. Artaud especially expressed disdain for west of the day, panned the ordered plot and scripted language that his contemporaries typically emp ...more

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	The Theater and Its Double by Antonin Artaud, Mary C. Richards (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 4,937 ratings — published 1938 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Van Gogh. Il suicidato della società by Antonin Artaud, Paul Thévenin (Editor), Camille Dumoulié (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,470 ratings — published 1947 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artaud Anthology 4.26 avg rating — 1,149 ratings — published 1965 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heliogabalus; or, the Crowned Anarchist by Antonin Artaud, Alexis Lykiard (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 1934 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings by Antonin Artaud, Susan Sontag (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Ombilic des Limbes: suivi de Le Pèse-nerfs et autres textes 4.16 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 1925 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le moine by Antonin Artaud, Matthew Gregory Lewis (d'après) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1931 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu 4.20 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1948 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watchfiends and Rack Screams: Works from the Final Period by Antonin Artaud, Clayton Eshleman (Editor, Translator, Introduction), Bernard Bador (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peyote Dance by Antonin Artaud, Helen Weaver (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1945	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.”
― Antonin Artaud

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“There is in every madman
a misunderstood genius
whose idea
shining in his head
frightened people
and for whom delirium was the only solution
to the strangulation
that life had prepared for him.”
― Antonin Artaud

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“I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where they would never have consented to go, in short, a door that opens onto reality.”
― Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings

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