Hugo Ball

Hugo Ball (February 22, 1886 - September 14, 1927) was a German author and poet.

Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany. He was one of the leading artists in the Dadaism movement, or Dada. Some of his best known works are the poem "Karawane," a collection of poems 7 schizophrene Sonette, the drama Die Nase des Michelangelo, a memoir of the Zürich period Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary, and a biography of Hermann Hesse.

As co-founder of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich he led the Dada Zürich movement and coined the word "Dada", which he allegedly took from a dictionary. He was married to Emmy Hennings, another member of Dada Zürich .

He died in Sant’Abbondio , Switzerland.

His poem "Gadji beri bimba" was later adapted to song on the Talking Heads album "Fear of Music" as "I Zimbra".

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