TZARA TRISTAN: (1896-1963) Born Samuel Rosenstock, also known as Samyro. Romanian-French avant-garde Poet and Playwright. Tzara was one of the founders of the Dada movement. Author of his celebrated utopian poem The Approximate Man. An excellent and lengthy A.L.S., `Tzara´, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 30th January 1954, to Leone Traverso, in French. Tzara states in part `I have just returned to Paris, and as you can see, I keep my promise. In the today´s date copy of the Figaro Littéraire, Corbiere´s grandson has published a very long article about his uncle which has some interest. He tries - in order to save the honorability(!) of the family - to present a Corbiere ''not-cursed'', if I may say…´, further saying `I have found Paris in a lamentable state, melted snow, cold, desolation..´ On a post-scriptum written to the left border, Tzara adds `The revue ''Commentaires'' has published a conference on Picasso without asking my authorization, without sending me proofs to revise: there is a considerable number of mistakes, and some are very serious, because they make me say the opposite of what I said.´ Small overall creasing. G Leone Traverso (1910-1968) Italian Poet and Translator