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Also known as Jean-Isidore Isou, Jean-Isidore Isou Goldstein, Jean Isidore Goldstein, Isidore Goldstein, Jean-Isidore Golstein

Romanian-born French poet, experimental filmmaker, critic & visual artist (1925–2007)

Person · Open Library

Works
87

Top works

  • Je vous apprendrai l'amour
  • Précisions sur ma poésie et moi
  • Nouvelles découvertes dans la méca-esthétique générale et infinitésimale
  • Le soulèvement de la jeunesse
  • Pourquoi Isou est plus important que Picasso

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Film & TV

Botosani, Romania

Isidore Isou (29 January 1925 – 28 July 2007), born Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, dramaturge, novelist, film director, economist, and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism. From Wikipedia.

Known for

  • 70 Years of Youth Revolt — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film — Himself (archive footage)2011
  • Disorder Is 20 Years Old — Self1967
  • Around the World with Orson Welles — Self — Writer (uncredited)1955
  • Howlings in Favour of De Sade1952
  • Venom and Eternity — Daniel1952
  • Has the Film Already Started?1951

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1925-01-31
Active to
2007-07-28

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Isidore Isou (January 31, 1925 – July 28, 2007), was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism. Born into a Jewish family in Botoşani, Isou started his career as an avant-garde art journalist during World War II, shortly after the August 23 coup saw Romania joining the Allies (see Romania during World War II). With the future social psychologist Serge Moscovici <a href="h

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Isidore
Family name
Goldstein
Gender
male
Citizenship
Romania
Place of birth
Botoșani
Occupation
philosopher
Languages spoken
French
Native language
Romanian
Field of work
philosophy
Movement
Lettrism
Image
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described by source
UbuWeb
date of birth
1925-01-31
date of death
2007-07-28
Commons category
Isidore Isou
name in native language
Isidor Goldstein
has works in the collection
Musée National d'Art Moderne
writing language
French
birth name
Isidor Goldstein
pseudonym
Isidore Isou
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