“Why should we not calmly and patiently review our own thoughts, and thoroughly examine and see what these appearances in us really are?”

About Alfred Jarry

Writer • French

Alfred Jarry was a French symbolist writer best known for his play Ubu Roi, which is often cited as a forerunner to Dada, Surrealism, and the Theatre of the Absurd. Born in Laval, Mayenne, his work was wildly...