Benjamin Péret

Benjamin Péret
Born(1899-07-04)4 July 1899
Died18 September 1959(1959-09-18) (aged 60)
Paris, Île-de-France, France
NationalityFrench
Known forWriting
MovementDada, Surrealism

Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.