We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human.
Antonin Artaud Quotes
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.
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| Birth: | 4th September, 1896 |
| Death: | 4th March, 1948 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Actor, Playwright, Poet, Theatre director |
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Antonin Artaud was born in Marseille, France. He was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine "little Anthony", and was among a list of names which Artaud used throughout his writing career.
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