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Benjamin Péret

French poet, parisian dadaist and a founder and central member of the french surrealist movement with his avid use of surrealist automatism.

Born July 4th, 1899 in Rezé. [ref]

Died September 18th, 1959 at 60 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Occupations
poet, writer

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi