Scope and Contents Internet: Charles Tamko Sirato [Tamko Sirato Karoly, Tamko Karoly, Sirato Karoly, Charles Sirato, Ch. T. Sirato] (Újvidek /Novi Sad/, 26 January 1905 -- Budapest, 1 January 1980): art philosopher, poet, prose writer, translator, yogi. He embarked upon his career as a student poet. While studying law in Budapest he became increasingly drawn to the Avant-garde. The Dadaist gestures, technocratic approach and visuality manifest in his volume entitled Papírember [Paper Man] (Bekescsaba, 1928) caused a major stir at the time. During his experimentation with genres he developed the theory of two-dimensional poetry called Planism. From 1930 he lived in Paris, where he created the theory and the manifesto of Dimensionism, supported by the prominent artists of the period. His deteriorating health forced him to return to Hungary. The outbreak of World War II and the subsequent strict restrictions and control imposed on foreign travel and relations in Hungary finally left him isolated from...