Paul Dermée (1886–1951) was a Belgian writer, poet, literary critic. Born Camille Janssen in

Liège Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...

, Belgium in 1886, he died in Paris in 1951. He knew the painters Picasso, Juan Gris, Sonia and Robert Delaunay and the poets Valéry Larbaud and Max Jacob. His wife, Céline Arnauld, was also an active poet and participant in the Paris Dada movement. Discovered by the writer

Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara (; ; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, c ...

, he took the risk (in times of war) to diffuse the "

Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an anti-establishment art movement that developed in 1915 in the context of the Great War and the earlier anti-art movement. Early centers for dadaism included Zürich and Berlin. Within a few years, the movement had s ...

" review in the province of Zurich. In exchange he received the title "Proconsul Dada". He was director of the magazine '' L'Esprit Nouveau''.

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20th-century Belgian poets Belgian male poets Writers from Liège 1886 births 1951 deaths 20th-century Belgian male writers {{Belgium-writer-stub