Mai 68 - Revolution système D

by B. D. van der Velden

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Author(s)

B. D. van der Velden

Publication

Hamburg ; Den Haag : 8. Salon ; La Société Protectrice des Enfants Martyrs / Bronco, 2018

Scope

146 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

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Arthur Cravan, born as Fabian Avenarius Lloyd (Lausanne (Switzerland), May 22, 1887 - last seen in Salina Cruz (Mexico) in 1918, where he probably drowned) was a British boxer, French-language poet, publisher, crook, etc. In 1913, he founded the magazine Maintenant, a one-man magazine in which he enjoyed making fun of many well-known personalities. With these attacks, he became an example for the Dadaists and Surrealists. In addition to poetry, he specialized in boxing, with which he managed to attract a lot of attention. The May 1968 movement in Paris errupts where one of the most mysterious episodes in the life of Arthur Cravan ends.

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Person as subject

Arthur Cravan

Keywords

counter culture , surrealism , collections , text / poetry , dada

Location

Cabinet 11 - 3: Archieven en collecties

Remarks