Paul Dermée was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 Writer, Poet, Literary Critique. Born Camille Janssen 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.

His wife, Céline Arnauld

Céline Arnauld

Céline Arnauld was a writer associated with Dadaism....

, was also an active poet and participant in the Paris Dada movement.

Discovered by the writer Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement...

, he took the risk (in times of war) to diffuse the "Dada

Dada

Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...

" review in the provence of Zurich. In exchange he received the title "Proconsul Dada".

He was director of the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau.