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Antonin Artaud was born on the 4th September 1896, On March 4th, 1948 Artaud died, alone in his pavilion, seated at the foot o
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Antonin Artaud was born on the 4th September 1896, On March 4th, 1948 Artaud died, alone in his pavilion, seated at the foot of his bed, holding his shoe. Theories suggest that he died from a lethal dose of the drug chloral, although whether or not he took it knowing it was a lethal dose is not known. Artaud was described as a madman and his credentials as one are impeccable. By age 21 he had already suffered a bout of meningitis, hereditary syphilis and a nervous breakdown. Furthermore, he spent approximately 15 years of his life inside various mental institutions. (I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his...
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