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Alfred Jarry was a French playwright, poet, novelist, and writer born in Laval on September 8, 1873. He was educated at Lycée Henri-IV and received the Concours général award. His notable works include *Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician*, *Ubu roi*, *Raja Ubu*, *Ubu sur la butte*, *L'opium*, and *Les silènes*. He worked in the field of performing arts and writing.
Jarry died in Paris on November 1, 1907, from natural causes due to tuberculosis. He is buried at the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux. His last words were "Un cure-dents, please." His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne. He is described by the source UbuWeb.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 Sep 1873
- Died
- 1 Nov 1907
- Works
- 170
Top works
- Raja Ubu
- Ubu sur la butte
- Ubu roi
- L'opium
- Les silènes
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Known for
- Alfred Jarry - 1873-1907 — Lui-même1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Laval
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Educated at
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Award
- Concours général
- Notable work
- Ubu roi
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Image
- Alfred Jarry.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alfred Jarry
- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of death
- 1907-11-01
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Alfred Jarry
- date of birth
- 1873-10-08
- Commons Creator page
- Alfred Jarry
- last words
- Un cure-dents, please.
- has works in the collection
- Van Gogh Museum
- writing language
- French
- pseudonym
- Alain Jans
- P8168
- Beverly Aadland
- P12674
- Walter Bluhm
- P12749
- Leonard Landois
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Alfred Jarry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Jarry ( French: [alfʁɛd ʒaʁi]; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealist, and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and later the theatre of the absurd in the 1950s and 1960s. He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, although his mother was from Brittany. He wrote in a variety of hybrid genres and styles, prefiguring the postmodern, including novels, poems, short plays and opéras bouffes, absurdist essays and speculative journalism. His texts are considered examples of absurdist literature and postmodern philosophy.
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