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Hugo Ball
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 February 1886
- Died
- 14 September 1927
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Zur Kritik der deutschen Intelligenz
- Surrealism, Dadaism, Musique Concrète : Three Manifestos
- Die Nase des Michelangelo - Tenderenda der Phantast - Ausgewählte Gedichte
- Hermann Hesse
- Hermann Hesse
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1886-02-22 ) 22 February 1886, Pirmasens , Germany
- Died
- 14 September 1927 (1927-09-14) (aged 41), Sant'Abbondio (Gentilino) , Switzerland
- Occupations
- Author poet
- Known for
- Poetry
- Movement
- Dada
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugo
- Family name
- Ball
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Pirmasens
- Place of death
- Gentilino
- Spouse
- Emmy Hennings
- Occupation
- dramaturge
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Field of work
- prose
- Movement
- Dada
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Hugoball.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hugo Ball
- date of death
- 1927-09-14
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1886-00-00
- date of birth
- 1886-02-22
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- name in native language
- Hugo Ball
- Commons Creator page
- Hugo Ball
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Hugo Ball, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Hugo Ball ( German: [bal]; 22 February 1886 – 14 September 1927) was a German author, poet, and essentially the founder of the Dada movement in European art in Zürich in 1916. Among other accomplishments, he was a pioneer in the development of sound poetry. His best known works include the "Dada Manifesto", the Dadaist nonsense poem "Karawane [sv]", the poetry collection 7 schizophrene Sonette, the edited diary Flight out of Time, the Christian anarchist polemic book Critique of the German Intelligentsia and the novels Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor and Tenderenda the Fantast.
Life and work
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