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Raymond Queneau ( February 21, 1903 - October 25, 1976) was a French poet and novelist.1 Life
Born in Le Havre, Normandy, Queneau spent much of his life working for French publisher Gallimard. He briefly joined the Surrealists, but found that their approach of letting the unconscious mind create did not suit him.
Rather, elements of a work, including seemingly trivial details such as the number of chapters, were things that had to be predetermined, perhaps even calculated. This idea was later one of the cornerstones of the Oulipo movement, of which he was a founder. He was also a member of the College of Pataphysics.
He came to general attention in France with the publication in 1959 of his novel Zazie dans le métro, and with the filmFor other uses see film (disambiguation Film — also called movies the cinema the silver screen moving pictures motion pictures photoplays picture shows and flicks — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment adaptation by Louis MalleLouis Malle ( October 30, 1932 November 23, 1995) was a French film director. Malle was born in Thumeries in northern France into a wealthy family. He initially studied political science at the Sorbonne before turning to film studies instead. He worked as in 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23 at the height of the nouvelle vague movement in French film. Zazie explores colloquial language as opposed to 'standard' written French; a distinction which is perhaps more marked in French than in some other languages. The first word of the book, the alarmingly long "Doukipudonktan" is a phoneticPhonetics is the study of speech sounds ( voice). It is concerned with the actual nature of the sounds and their production, as opposed to phonology, which operates at the level of sound systems and linguistic units called phonemes. Discussions of meaning transcription of "D'où qu'il(s) pue(nt) donc tant ?" "Why do(es) he/they stink so much ?".
After the founding of the Oulipo in 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23, Queneau turned further to mathematicsMathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers". In the formalist view, it is the investigation of axiomatically defined abstract structures as a source of inspiration.
2 Works
2.1 Novels
- Le Chiendent or The bark-tree ( 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu)
- Les Derniers jours or The last days ( 1936Events January-February January 15 The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 20 Death of George V of the United Kingdom. His son Edward VIII succeedes him as King of th)
- Odile ( 1937)
- Les Enfants du Limon ( 1938)
- Un Rude hiver ( 1939)
- Pierrot mon ami or Pierrot ( 1942)
- Loin de Rueil or The skin of dreams ( 1944)
- On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes or We always treat women too well ( 1947)
- Saint-Glinglin ( 1948)
- Le Journal intime de Sally Mara ( 1950)
- Le Dimanche de la vie or The Sunday of life ( 1952)
- Zazie dans le métro or Zazie in the metro ( 1959)
- Les Fleurs bleues or Between blue and blue ( 1965)
- Le Vol d'Icare or The flight of Icarus ( 1968)
