Paul Dermée
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Paul Dermée (1886-1951) was a Belgian Writer, Poet, Literary Critique. Born Camille Janssens in Liège, Belgium in 1886, he died Paris 1951.
He knew the painters Picasso, Juan Gris, Sonia and Robert Delaunay and the poets Valéry Larbaud and Max Jacob.
Discovered by the writer Tristan Tzara, he took the risk (in times of war) to diffuse the "Dada" review in the provence of Zurich. In exchange he received the title "Proconsul Dada".
