Paul Dermée, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Dermée

poet, writer

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1886

Place of Birth: Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1951

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Paul Dermée (1886-1951) was a Belgian Writer, Poet, Literary Critique.
Born Camille Janssen in Liège, Belgium in 1886, he died Paris 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, he took the risk (in times of war) to diffuse the "Dada" review in the provence of Zurich.
In exchange he received the title "Proconsul Dada". He was director of the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau.