1924 b. Alexandria of Italian origin. Used the pseudonym Tristan Sauvage. One of the first leaders of the clandestine Egyptian Trotskyist party. 1949 Expelled from Egypt; founded a publishing house in Milan. 1955 Friendship with Marcel Duchamp. 1959 Publishes bilingual anthology La Poesia surrealista francese by Benjamin Peret. Becomes a scholar on Francis Picabia and Man Ray. 1961 May ; organizes Mostra internationale del surrealismo at his gallery. 1973 Publishes New York Dada. 1974? Publishes Breton/Trotski. 1976 His collection Meta.Morphoses illustrated by Andre Masson. 1981 Originated the survey Anarchia e creativita. 1986 Organized Art and Alchemy section of Venice Biennale. See wiki -> and aarticle ->? See Timeline