Arthur Cravan

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Arthur Cravan


Born
in Lausanne, Switzerland
May 22, 1887

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Arthur Cravan (born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd on May 22, 1887, Lausanne, Switzerland) was known as a pugilist, a poet, a larger-than-life character, and an idol of the Dada and Surrealism movements. He was the second son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Hélène Clara St. Clair. His brother, Otho, was born in 1885. His father's sister, Constance Mary Lloyd, was married to Irish poet Oscar Wilde.He changed his name to Cravan in 1912 in honour of his fiancée Renée Bouchet, who was born in the small village of Cravans in the department of Charente-Maritime in western France. Why he chose the name Arthur remains unclear.
Cravan was last seen at Salina Cruz, Mexico in 1918 and most likely drowned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico in November 1918.
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4 Dada Suicides: Selected T...

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Maintenant

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Cartas de amor a Mina Loy

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Grande trampoliere smarrito

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Works of Arthur Cravan

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3 Histórias 3

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Стихи и проза. Письма

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Ο Oscar Wilde ζει! Και άλλα...

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Havada Dumandım

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Poeten med världens kortast...

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“Knowing that there is no future that is possible or desirable, I experience the solace one feels on going back to sleep when the alarm clock has sounded.”
Arthur Cravan, 4 Dada Suicides: Selected Texts of Arthur Cravan, Jacques Rigaut, Julien Torma & Jacques Vaché

“Every great artist has the sense of provocation.”
Arthur Cravan

“Genius is nothing more than an extraordinary manifestation of the body.”
Arthur Cravan



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