Chanson Dada contains all the poems of legendary Dada poet Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) translated by English poet Lee Harwood. Translated as a labor of love over a ten year period the poems encompass the full range of Tzara's works, the results of which have brought Tzara's poetry to life for English [...]

The famous manifestos that first appeared between 1916 and 1921 and would become the basic texts upon which Dada was based Tristan Tzara--poet, literary iconoclast, and catalyst--was the founder of the Dada movement that began in Zurich during World War I. His ideas were inspired by his contempt for[...]