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Also known as Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, Artaud

French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)

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Antonin Artaud was a French-Occitanian artist who worked as a poet, playwright, actor, and theatre director in the early-to-mid 20th century. He is remembered as an influential figure in theatre and performance who challenged conventional approaches to drama and stagecraft during his lifetime (1896-1948).

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Person · Open Library

Born
1896
Died
1948
Works
231

Top works

  • Ce que l'Oiseau Noir m'a Raconte
  • Antonino Artaud
  • ha-Teʾaṭron u-khefilo
  • Le théâtre de Séraphin
  • Le moine

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Acting · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Antonin Artaud (September 4, 1896, in Marseille – March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine "little Anthony", and was among a list of names which Artaud used throughout his writing career. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Antonin Artaud licensed under CC-BY-SA,…

Known for

  • Imag-en cada verso — self (archive sound)2019
  • Émile en ce miroir2009
  • Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud — (archive footage)1977
  • Bonaparte et la révolution — Marat (archive footage)1972
  • Disorder Is 20 Years Old — Self (archive footage)1967
  • Lucrezia Borgia — Girolamo Savonarola1935
  • Crimson Dynasty — Cyrus Back1935
  • Napoléon Bonaparte — Marat1935
  • Sidonie Panache — L'émir Abd-el-Kader1934
  • Liliom — Le rémouleur (The Knife Grinder)1934

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
France
Active from
1896
Active to
1948

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,238
Total plays
13,564

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Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948, in Paris) was a playwright, actor, director, poet, and artist. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine (little Anthony) and was among a long list of names which Artaud went by throughout his life. Antonin Artaud, more about... Antonin Artaud had his first mental breakdown at the age of 16 and, from there on out, spent much of his life in and out of asylums. <a href="https://ww

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Quotes

  • If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.
  • It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.
  • However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practise to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.
  • Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.
  • All true languageis incomprehensible,Like the chatterof a beggar’s teeth.
  • Where there is a stink of shitthere is a smell of being.

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Encyclopedic overview

Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud (/ɑːrˈtoʊ/; French: [aʁto]; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), better known as Antonin Artaud (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃ aʁto]), was a French artist who worked across a variety of media. He is best known for his writings, as well as his work in the theatre and cinema. Widely recognized as a major figure of the European avant-garde, he had a particularly strong influence on twentieth-century theatre through his conceptualization of the Theatre of Cruelty. Known for his raw, surreal and transgressive work, his texts explored themes from the cosmologies of ancient cultures, philosophy, the occult, mysticism and indigenous Mexican and Balinese practices.

Early life

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