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 his artist friends in Paris. Yoga breathing techniques helped him to recover from a long period of ill health. He opened a yoga studio in the late 1940's and developed a system for healthy living. After the seclusion of the 1950's he re-entered the Hungarian literary scene as a translator. He earned recognition mainly through the children's poems full of wordplay that he started writing in the 1970's and on which several generations have since then been raised. Many of these poems are also set to music. In his later years his attention increasingly turned to the cosmos and the achievements of space exploration. He left a large body of unpublished works and fragments to posterity. Main publications: Az Elet tavaszan, poems, Mezotur, 1921; Papírember, poems, Bekescsaba, 1928; Le Planisme, in "Fradique", Lisbon, 1936; Manifeste Dimensioniste, Paris, 1936; Kialtas, poems, Budapest, 1942; A harom ursziget, science-fiction, Budapest, 1969; A Vízonto-kor hajnalan, selected poems, Budapest, 1969; Tengereczki Pal, poems for children, Budapest, 1970; A hegedu volegenye, selected literary translations, Budapest, 1971; Pinty es Ponty, poems for children, Budapest, 1972; Kozmogrammok, poems, Budapest, 1975; Tengereczki hazaszall, poems for children, Budapest, 1975; Szelkialto, poems for children, Budapest, 1977;Jovobuvarok, selected poems, Budapest, 1980; Összegyujtott versei I., [Collected poems, Budapest], 1993; A Dimenzionista Manifesztum tortenete ... [The History of the Dimensionist Manifesto ... ], Artpool -- Magyar Muhely, Budapest, 2010, Book supplement: Manifeste Dimensioniste, 1936, reprint (pdf). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.