FEBRUARY 4 — FEBRUARY 10 Tristan Tzara invents the term “Dada” (maybe). The anarchic artistic and literary movement known as Dada—characterized by randomness, nihilism, and a sort of destructive playfulness—was founded in 1916, in Zurich, as a direct response to World War I. “We were seeking an art based on fundamentals, to cure the madness … Continue reading This Week In Literary History – Tristan Tzara invents the term “Dada” (maybe). – From LitHub