Word: lettrists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lettrism, founded by Isidore Isou, an eccentric Rumanian, is a theory of poetry as "rhythmic architecture." The rapidly growing hordes of Lettrists scorn practically all non-Lettrist poets, and prefer meaningless combinations of letters to dictionary words. Founder Isou was planning last week to hire the Salle Wagram, one of Paris' biggest auditoriums, to denounce his opponents publicly. A typical Lettrist poem looks like a passage from Finnegans Wake translated into Esperanto...
Gypsy Rose Lee, belle-lettrist, ex-ecdysiast, ex-wife of Actor Alexander Kirkland, fondly regarded her one-month-old son and announced her considered view of motherhood: "It took a long time, but from now on, it's my hobby...
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