Geneva
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, July 19, 1919 – August 25, 1997,
Tours
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) was an avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novels and other
prose
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pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major
Modernist
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writers. He was also associated with the nouveau roman movement.
Recognition
In 1962,
Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''.
Biography
Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sai ...
of
Les Six
"Les Six" () is a name given to a group of six composers, five of them French and one Swiss, who lived and worked in Montparnasse. The name, inspired by Mily Balakirev's '' The Five'', originates in two 1920 articles by critic Henri Collet in '' ...
set eleven of Pinget's poems in a song cycle entitled " Pancarte pour Une Porte D'Entrée" (roughly translated as "Handbill for an Entrance") for medium voice and piano, commissioned by the American Soprano and Arts Patron
Alice Swanson Esty
Alice Theresa Hildagard Swanson Esty (November 8, 1904 – July 21, 2000) was an American actress, soprano and arts patron who commissioned works by members of Les Six and other French composers, and American composers such as Ned Rorem, Virgil ...
.
A translation of one of his best known works, ''The Inquisitory'' (1962), was republished by the
Dalkey Archive Press
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in 2003.
Bibliography
Novels
*''Entre Fantoine et Agapa'',
Jarnac
Jarnac (; ; Saintongese: ''Jharnat'') is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France.Between Fantoine and Agapa'', 1982)
*''Mahu ou le matériau'', Paris,
Robert Laffont
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, 1952, Ed. de Minuit, 1956 (tr. ''
Mahu or The Material Mahu may refer to:
* , third gender person in some Polynesian cultures
* Mahu (noble), ancient Egyptian official of the 18th Dynasty
* Mahu (official), ancient Egyptian official of the 19th Dynasty
* Mahu, Estonia, village in Viru-Nigula Parish, C ...
'', 1966, 2005)
*''Le Renard et la boussole'', Paris, Gallimard, 1953; Ed. de Minuit, 1971
*''Graal flibuste'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1956 (tr. '' Graal Flibuste'', 2015)
*''Baga'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1958 (tr. '' Baga'', 1984)
*''Lettre morte'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959
*''La Manivelle'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1960
*''Le Fiston'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959 (tr. ''
Monsieur Levert
( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respe ...
'')
*''L'Inquisitoire'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1962 (tr. '' The Inquisitory'', 1982, 2003)
*''Autour de Mortin'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965
*''Quelqu'un'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965 (tr. ''Someone'', 1984)
*''Le Libera'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1968 (tr. '' The Libera Me Domine'', 1978)
*''Passacaille'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1969 (tr. ''Passacaglia'', 1978)
*''Fable'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971 (tr. ''Fable'', 1980)
*''Cette Voix'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1975 (tr. '' That Voice'', 1982)
*''L'Apocryphe'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1980 (tr. ''The Apocrypha'', 1986)
*''Monsieur Songe'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1982 (tr. ''
Monsieur Songe
( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respe ...
'', 1988)
*''Le Harnais'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1984
*''Charrue'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1985
*''L'Ennemi'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1987 (tr. The Enemy'', 1991)
*''Du Nerf'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1990 (tr. ''Be Brave'', 1994)
*''Cette Chose'', by Robert Pinget and Jean Deyrolle (editor), Paris, (1967), 1990
*''Théo ou le temps neuf'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1991 (tr. ''
Theo or The New Era
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
Greek origin
Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example:
*Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...
'', 1994)
*''L'Affaire Ducreux et autres textes'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1995
*''Tâches d'encre'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1997 (tr. ''
Traces of Ink
Traces may refer to:
Literature
* ''Traces'' (book), a 1998 short-story collection by Stephen Baxter
* ''Traces'' series, a series of novels by Malcolm Rose
Music Albums
* ''Traces'' (Classics IV album) or the title song (see below), 1969
* ''Tra ...
'', 2000)
*''Mahu reparle'', Paris, Ed. des Cendres, 2009
*''La Fissure, précédée de Malicotte-la-Frontière'', Genève, Ed. MetisPresses, 2009
*''Jean Loiseau'', in '' Histoires littéraires'' n° 40, 2010
Plays
*''Clope au dossier'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
*''Ici ou ailleurs'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
*''Architruc'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
*''L'Hypothèse'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
*''Identité'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971
*''Abel et Bela'', Ed. de Minuit, 1971, (Acte Sud, coll. "Répliques", 1992) (tr. ''
Abel and Bela
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'', 1987)
*''Paralchimie'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
*''Nuit'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
*''Un Testament bizarre'', Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1986 (tr. ''
A Bizarre Will
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'', 1989)
References
*
Jean-Louis de Rambures
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, "Comment travaillent les écrivains", Paris 1978 (interview with R. Pinget, in French)
Criticism in English
*''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'', by Robert Henkels, 1977