Alfred Jarry

January 10, 2024
Playwright

Quick Facts

Alfred Jarry
Full Name Alfred Jarry
Occupation Playwright
Date Of Birth Sep 8, 1873(1873-09-08)
Age 151
Date Of Death November 1, 1907, Paris, France
Birthplace France
Country France
Horoscope Virgo

Alfred Jarry Biography

Name Alfred Jarry
Birthday Sep 8
Birth Year 1873
Place Of Birth France
Birth Country France
Birth Sign Virgo
Parents Anselme Jarry, Caroline Jarry

Alfred Jarry is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on September 8, 1873 in France, France. French playwright and pataphysicist who is most famous for his play Ubu Roi, which is associated with the Surrealist and Futurist movements.

Artist Pablo Picasso was obsessed with him, as illustrated by his compulsion to purchase many of his manuscripts and sketch him while he posed.

Both of his parents died in 1893, and he lived his life in a tiny room and rode around on a giant bike.

Alfred Jarry Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Playwright
House Living in own house.

Alfred Jarry is one of the richest Playwright from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alfred Jarry 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He wrote Les Polonais while in school and was considered an incredibly bright, though petulant student and child.

In 1894, he served in the army until he was discharged as a result of medical circumstances.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height 5 feet 3 inches

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Who is Alfred Jarry Dating?

According to our records, Alfred Jarry is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Alfred Jarry’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Alfred Ranked on the list of most popular Playwright. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Alfred Jarry celebrates birthday on September 8 of every year.

Who did Alfred Jarry influence?

Alfred Jarry’s ‘King Ubu’ Inspired Everyone From the Dadaists to the Beatles —and His Fascist Buffoon Is Now More Relevant Than Ever. Without the 19th-century French firebrand, we may never have had Surrealism, Dada, or $120,000 bananas.

How tall was Alfred Jarry?

The sight of the small man in a uniform much too large for his less than 5-foot frame – the army did not issue uniforms small enough – was so disruptively funny that he was excused from parades and marching drills.

When did Alfred Jarry write Ubu Roi?

Ubu roi, play by Alfred Jarry, published and produced in 1896. The play was translated into English and published under a variety of titles. This grotesque farce about the monstrous Ubu, originally written as a parody of one of Jarry’s teachers, swiftly turned into a satire of the French middle class.

Where was Alfred Jarry born?

Laval, France

How did Alfred Jarry influence Artaud?

Later Recognition and Influence Contemporary critics now recognize Jarry’s contribution to literature as a forerunner of the theater of the absurd. Jarry’s rejection of realism and general principles were later taken up and more fully developed by Antonin Artaud, who saw theater as a medium for symbolic suggestion.

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