Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 – July 9, 1974) was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier and died in Saint-Jeannet.

In addition to numerous early paintings, Ribemont-Dessaignes wrote plays, poetry, manifestos and opera librettos. He contributed to the Dada (and later surrealist) periodical ''Literature''.

Among Ribemont-Dessaignes' works for the theater are the plays ''The Emperor of China '' (1916) and ''The Mute Canary'' (1919), and the opera libretti ''The Knife's Tears'' (1926) and ''The Three Wishes'' (1926), both with music by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. His novels include ''L'Autruche aux yeux clos'' (1924), ''Ariane'' (1925), ''Le Bar du lendemain'' (1927), ''Céleste Ugolin'' (1928), and ''Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu'' (1934). Provided by Wikipedia