Born in Moinesti, Romania 14th April 1896. One of the founders of the Dada movement and author of the Dada Manifesto.
Together with Hugo Ball he founded the Cabaret Voltaire, a cafe in Zurich, meeting point of the Dadaists.
He died in Paris, 25th December 1963.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/drama/dada/page8.html
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jenglish/English104/tzara.html