Hervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and
linguist
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, and a member of the international literary group
Oulipo
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(Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fourth president. Other notable members have included
Raymond Queneau
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Biography
Queneau wa ...
,
Georges Perec
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,
Italo Calvino
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Jacques Roubaud
Jacques Roubaud (; born 5 December 1932 in Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhône) is a French poet, writer and mathematician
Life and career
Jacques Roubaud taught Mathematics at University of Paris X Nanterre and Poetry at EHESS. A member of the Oulipo gr ...
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Jean Lescure
Jean Lescure (14 September 1912 – 17 October 2005) was a French poet.
Biography
Lescure was born in Asnières-sur-Seine. In 1938, he published his first plaquette of poems, "Le voyage immobile", and launched the review "Messages" (two issue ...
and
Harry Mathews
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Life
Born in New York City to an ...
. He won the 2020
Prix Goncourt
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for ''
The Anomaly
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''.
Biography
Born in Paris, Le Tellier started his career as a scientific journalist, and joined
Oulipo
Oulipo (, short for french: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; roughly translated: ''"workshop of potential literature"'', stylized ''OuLiPo'') is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works ...
in 1992. As an author, he came to general attention in 1998 with the publication in France of his book ''Les amnésiques n'ont rien vécu d'inoubliable'', a collection of one thousand very short sentences all beginning with "Je pense que" (I think that), published in English as ''A Thousand Pearls (for a Thousand Pennies)''. His rather complex novel ''Le voleur de nostalgie'' is a tribute to the Italian writer
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosmicomi ...
. He is also one of the participants of ''Papous dans la tête'', the cult literary quiz of ''
France Culture
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'', the French cultural radio station.
He became in 2002 a daily contributor to the website of the newspaper ''
Le Monde
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'' with a short satirical chronicle called ''Papier de verre'' (glass paper).
He founded, with Frederic Pages and others, the "Association of Friends of Jean-Baptiste Botul" to promote this fictitious philosopher and his school of "Botulism".
One of his most recent publication is '' Esthétique de l’Oulipo'' (''The Aesthetics of Oulipo''), a very personal take on literature under constraint, considered from a linguistic perspective.
Seven of his books are translated into English, from ''Enough about love'' (
Other Press
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) to ''The Sextine Chapel'' (Dalkey Archive).
Award
* 2020:
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...
for ''
The Anomaly
''The Anomaly'' is a 2014 British science fiction action thriller film co-written, directed by and starring Noel Clarke and also featuring Ian Somerhalder and Luke Hemsworth. The film was panned by critics.
Plot
Ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes u ...
'' (French: ''L'anomalie''). He is the first member of the Oulipo to win the Goncourt.
Published books
*''Sonates de bar'', short stories, 1991.
*''Le Voleur de nostalgie'', novel, 1992.
*''La Disparition de Perek'', 1997.
*''Les amnésiques n'ont rien vécu d'inoubliable'', 1998 ('' A Thousand Pearls (for a Thousand Pennies)'')
*''Inukshuk'', 1998, videograms by Jean-Baptiste Decavèle.
*''Joconde jusqu'à cent'', 1999.
*''Zindien'', 2000, poetry, illustrated by
Henri Cueco
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.
*''Encyclopaedia Inutilis'', short stories, 2002.
*''Joconde sur votre indulgence'', 2002.
*''Cités de mémoire'', 2003, ('' Sighted cities'')
*''La Chapelle Sextine'', novel, 2005 ('' The Sextine Chapel'').
*''Esthétique de l'Oulipo'', essay, 2006.
*''Je m'attache très facilement'', novel, 2007 ('' The Intervention of a Good Man'').
*''Les Opossums célèbres'', poetry,
portmanteau
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* '' Assez parlé d'amour'', novel, Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, 2009 ('' Enough About Love'').
* '' L'Herbier des villes'', urban haïkaï, Éditions Textuel, 2010.
* '' Eléctrico W'', novel, Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, 2011.
* '' Contes liquides'', written under the nom de plume Jaime Montestrela, short stories, Éditions de l'Attente, 2013, Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir.
* '' Demande au muet'', socratic dialogs, Editions Nous, 2014.
* '' Moi et François Mitterrand'', 2016, Editions Jean-Claude Lattes.
* '' Toutes les familles heureuses'', 2017, Editions Jean-Claude Lattes⁴ (''
All Happy Families
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Starring
* James Ga ...
Ian Monk
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Dalkey Archive Press
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Ian Monk
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,
Dalkey Archive Press
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Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa.
She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...
,
Other Press
Other Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction, based in New York City. Founded in 1998 to publish academic and psychoanalytic titles, Other Press has since expanded to publish novels, short stories, nonfiction, poetr ...
Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa.
She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...
,
Other Press
Other Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction, based in New York City. Founded in 1998 to publish academic and psychoanalytic titles, Other Press has since expanded to publish novels, short stories, nonfiction, poetr ...
Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa.
She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...
,
Other Press
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, 2013, . For her translation,
Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa.
She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...
won the 27th Annual Translation Prize founded by the
French-American Foundation
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All happy families
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Starring
* James Ga ...
'', translated by
Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa.
She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...
,
Other Press
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Cole Swensen
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Black Square Editions
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, 2018, .
* ''
The Anomaly
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Plot
Ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes u ...
'', translated by
Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa.
She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...
,
Other Press
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Atlas Press
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, 1998
* ''Winter Journeys'',
Atlas Press
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Bookforum
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