Paul Dermée

Paul Dermée was a Belgian writer, poet, and literary critic. Born Camille Janssen in Liège, Belgium in 1886, he died in Paris in 1951.
He knew the painters Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Sonia and Robert Delaunay and the poets Valery Larbaud and Max Jacob.
His wife, Céline Arnauld, was also an active poet and participant in the Parisian Dadaist movement.
Discovered by the writer Tristan Tzara, Dermée took the risk during WWII to disseminate the Dada review in the province of Zurich. In exchange, he received the title of Proconsul Dada.
He was director of the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau.