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About author:

Author name: Alfred Jarry.
(1873, Laval, Mayenne, France – 1907). He was a French writer. Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering work in the field of absurdist literature.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jarry