Charles Sirato (26 January 1905, in Újvidék – 1 January 1980, in

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) was a Hungarian poet,

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, and

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. He most famously authored the Dimensionist manifesto.

Life

Pre-1930

Dimensionist manifesto

In 1936 in Paris, Charles Tamkó Sirató published his ''Manifeste Dimensioniste'', which described how The manifesto was signed by many prominent modern artists worldwide.

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and Marcel Duchamp amongst others added their names in Paris, then a short while later it was endorsed by artists abroad including

László Moholy-Nagy László Moholy-Nagy (; ; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the ...

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , , ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona i ...

, David Kakabadze,

Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his ...

, and

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List of works

Literature

*''Manifeste Dimensioniste'', 1936 *''Az Élet tavaszán'', 1921 *''Le Planisme'', 1936 *''Kiáltás'', 1942 *''A három űrsziget'', 1969 *''A Vízöntő-kor hajnalán'', 1969 *''Tengereczki Pál'', 1970 *''A hegedű vőlegénye'', 1971 *''Pinty és Ponty'', 1972 *''Kozmogrammok'', 1975 *''Tengereczki hazaszáll'', 1975 *''Szélkiáltó'', 1977 *''Jövőbúvárok'', 1980 *''Összegyűjtött versei I.'', 1993

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirato, Charles Hungarian artists Hungarian male poets 1905 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Hungarian poets 20th-century Hungarian male writers