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Tzara, Tristan
(Encyclopedia)Tzara, Tristan trstäN´ tsä´rä [key], 1896–1963, French writer, b. Romania. He studied at the Univ. of Zürich, where he and his friends formulated the dadaist movement initially as a pacifist...Tristan
(Encyclopedia)Tristan: see Tristram and Isolde.Corbière, Tristan
(Encyclopedia)Corbière, Tristan trstäN´ kôrbyr´ [key], 1845–75, French poet, born Édouard Joachim Corbière. He spent most of his life on the coast of Brittany, living a Bohemian existence and suffering...Dada
(Encyclopedia)Dada dä´dä [key] or Dadaismdä´däzm [key], international nihilistic movement among European artists and writers that lasted from 1916 to 1922. Born of the widespread disillusionment engendere...Tristan da Cunha
(Encyclopedia)Tristan da Cunha trs´tn d koo´n [key], group of volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, about midway between S Africa and S America, part of the British Saint Helena overseas territory. The on...Tristan L'Hermite, François
(Encyclopedia)Tristan L'Hermite, François fräNswä´ trstäN´ lrmt´ [key], pseud. of François L'Hermite, 1601–55, French playwright and poet. Poor and plagued by ill health, he was a page in the court ...Gottfried von Strassburg
(Encyclopedia)Gottfried von Strassburg gôt´frt fn shträs´boorkh [key], fl. 13th cent., German poet, also called Godfrey of Strasbourg. He is thought to have been official scribe of Strasbourg, but little ...Montholon, Charles Tristan, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Montholon, Charles Tristan, marquis de shärl trstäN´ märk´ d môNtlôN´ [key], 1783–1853, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He accompanied the former emperor, Napoleon I, to St. H...Tristram and Isolde
(Encyclopedia)Tristram and Isolde trs´trm, sl´d, zl´– [key], medieval romance. The earliest extant version (incomplete) was written (c.1185) by Thomas of Britain in Anglo-Norman French verse. Abo...Stoppard, Tom
(Encyclopedia)Stoppard, Tom, 1937–, English playwright, b. Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), as Tomas Straussler. During his childhood he and his family moved to Singapore, later (1946) settling ...Browse by Subject
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