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Born at Tinchebray ( Orne) in Normandy, he joined the Dadaist movement in 1916. In 1919 he and Philippe Soupault produced the first volume of automaticAutomatism is the practice or theory of the spontaneous production of words ( speech or writing), drawing, painting or other creative production, or behavior in general, without conscious self-control or self-censorship. There are two types of automatism: writing, Les Champs MagnetiquesLes Champs Magnetiques (The Magnetic Fields) is a famous novel by Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault. It is famous because it was the first work created in the field of literary surrealism. It was published in 1920 using the surrealist technique known as. He later penned the "Manifesto of Surrealism", founding the French Surrealist movement, and was editor of La révolution surréaliste from 1924. His works include a novel, NadjaNadja is a novel written by the French surrealist Andre Breton in 1928. It starts with the question Who am I It is based on a meeting with a young woman (Nadja) and is taken to be autobiographical description of Breton's meeting with a mad patient of Pier ( 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu).

André Breton died in 1966 and was interred in the Cimetière des BatignollesThe Cimetiere des Batignolles is a cemetery in Paris. Among others, Andre Breton and Paul Verlaine are buried there. Paris Cemeteries. in Paris.

• His first wife was the former Simone Kahn ;
• His second wife was the former Jacqueline Lamba ;
• His third wife was the former Elisa Claro .

1 References

• What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings of André Breton (edited and with an Introduction by Franklin RosemontFranklin Rosemont (born October 2, 1943) was co founder of the Surrealist Movement in the United States. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He edited and wrote an introduction for What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings of Andre Breton and edited Rebel).
• Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton, translated by Richard Seaver and Helen R. Lane .

2 External links

• The Manifesto of Surrealism (1924)
• Das "Anrennen gegen die Grenzen der Sprache" Diskussion mit Roland Barthes, André Breton, Gilles Deleuze & Raymond Federman by Ralph Lichtensteiger