Alfred Jarry

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Alfred Jarry was a French writer and playwright best known for his absurdist play "Ubu Roi," whose radical, proto-surrealist style profoundly influenced modernist and avant-garde literature.

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Alfred Jarry canonical 6
Alfred Henri Jarry 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
birthName Alfred Henri Jarry ⓘ
linked to: Alfred Jarry
burialPlace Cimetière de Bagneux, Paris, France ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1873-09-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1907-11-01 ⓘ
describedAs pioneer of absurdist drama ⓘ
precursor of surrealism ⓘ
educatedAt Lycée Henri-IV ⓘ
Lycée de Rennes ⓘ
genre novel ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short story ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasConcept pataphysics ⓘ
influenced avant-garde theatre ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
linked to: Surrealism

theatre of the absurd ⓘ
influencedBy François Rabelais ⓘ
Laurent Tailhade ⓘ
symbolist literature ⓘ
knownFor creating the character Père Ubu ⓘ
developing the concept of pataphysics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement Absurdism ⓘ
linked to: the absurd

Modernism ⓘ
Proto-surrealism ⓘ
linked to: Surrealism

Symbolism ⓘ
name Alfred Jarry ⓘ
notableWork Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician ⓘ
Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien ⓘ
Le Surmâle ⓘ
The Supermale ⓘ
Ubu Cocu ⓘ
Ubu Enchaîné ⓘ
linked to: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Laval, Mayenne, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surrealist Manifesto → mentions → Alfred Jarry ⓘ
La Revue blanche → notableContributor → Alfred Jarry ⓘ
Collège de ’Pataphysique → honors → Alfred Jarry ⓘ
Alfred Jarry → name → Alfred Jarry ⓘ
Alfred Jarry → birthName → Alfred Henri Jarry ⓘ
linked to: Alfred Jarry
Symbolist theatre → associatedWith → Alfred Jarry ⓘ