- Name: André Breton
- Born: 02/18/1896
- Died: 09/28/1966 (70 years old)
- Occupation: Writer
André Robert Breton (French:[ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 18 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet. He is known best as the co-founder, leader, principal theorist and chief apologist of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as “pure psychic automatism”.
Birth Name: André Robert Breton
Genre: Histories, poetry, essays
Birth Place: Tinchebray, Orne, France
Death Place: Paris, France
Source: Wikipedia
