Hugo Ball

January 8, 2024
Poet

Quick Facts

Hugo Ball
Full Name Hugo Ball
Occupation Poet
Date Of Birth Feb 22, 1886(1886-02-22)
Age 138
Date Of Death 1927-09-14
Birthplace Pirmasens
Country Germany
Birth City Rhineland-Palatinate
Horoscope Aquarius

Hugo Ball Biography

Name Hugo Ball
Birthday Feb 22
Birth Year 1886
Place Of Birth Pirmasens
Home Town Rhineland-Palatinate
Birth Country Germany
Birth Sign Aquarius
Parents Josephina Ball, Karl Ball
Spouse Emmy Hennings

Hugo Ball is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on February 22, 1886 in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. His Dada Manifesto of 1916 is his most well-known work. This German-born poet, dramatist and biographer was also a German-born poet and writer. He also wrote such well-known works like Die Nase des Michelangelo (a stage), 7 Schizophrene sonette (a poetry collection) and Flight Out of Time : A Dada diary (a memoir).

He wrote a 1927 biography about the celebrated German poet He wrote a 1927 biography of the acclaimed German poet Hermann Hesse..

He grew up in a Catholic family in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and later settled in Switzerland with his wife and fellow Dadaist, Emmy Hennings.

Hugo Ball Net Worth

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

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

Ball briefly tried acting after completing his sociology and philosophy courses at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich in Germany. In 1916, Ball published “Karawane,” a nonsensical poem.

He was also the co-founder of Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire in Switzerland, which was a venue dedicated to the anarchist Dada movement.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Hugo Ball Dating?

According to our records, Hugo Ball married to Emmy Hennings. As of December 1, 2023, Hugo Ball’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Hugo Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Hugo Ball celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.

What was Hugo Ball known for?

Hugo Ball was a German artist who focused his creativity on performing arts. He opened Cabaret Voltaire a performing arts space that became, essentially, the beginnings of the Dada movement. Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany on February 22, 1886.

What is Dada poem?

Dada poetry is not one strict term, but rather any poetry produced as part of or in mimicry of the Dada movement (aka Dadaism). These poems are usually made utilizing random chance, such as pulling words out of a sack, tossing a random assortment of newspaper clippings onto a table, etc.

Did Hugo ball perform at the Cabaret Voltaire in Paris?

Cabaret VoltaireBall was not new to performance when he stood in front of audiences at the Cabaret Voltaire to recite his sound poems. Between 1910 and 1913, he had begun a career in the theater.

What is dada100?

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Dada movement’s founding in Zürich, Switzerland. Dadaism arose as a radical, anti-aesthetic, and antiestablishment movement that was founded in its members’ profound revulsion for bourgeois elitism and for the destruction and tragic loss of life taking place during World War I.

How was Dada named?

It got its name, according to Richard Huelsenbeck, a German artist living in Zurich, when he and Ball came upon the word in a French-German dictionary. To Ball, it fit. “Dada is ‘yes, yes’ in Rumanian, ‘rocking horse’ and ‘hobby horse’ in French,” he noted in his diary.

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