Régis Messac (2 August 1893 – 1945) was a French essayist, poet and translator.

Published works

;Studies * '' Le « Detective Novel » et l'influence de la pensée scientifique'' (1929) ; new edition, corrected and annotated, preface by Claude Amoz, postface by François Guérif: (

les Belles Lettres Les Belles Lettres is a French publisher specialising in the publication of ancient texts such as the '' Collection Budé''. The publishing house, originally named ''Société Les Belles Lettres pour le développement de la culture classique'', ...

, coll. ''Encrage/travaux, ''2011) * ''Influences française dans l'œuvre d'Edgar Poe'' (1929) * '' Micromégas'' (1936) * ''Brève histoire des hommes'' (1939) * ''Esquisse d'une chronobibliographie des Utopies'' (

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1962) * ''La Révolution culturelle'' ( 9381988) * ''Les Romans de l’homme-singe'', pref. by

Marc Angenot Marc Angenot (born Brussels, 1941) is a Belgian-Canadian social theorist, historian of ideas and literary critic. He is a professor of French literature at McGill University, Montreal, and holder of the James McGill Chair of Social Discourse The ...

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935 Year 935 ( CMXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Arnulf I ("the Bad") of Bavaria invades Italy, crossing through the Upper ...

2007) * ''Les Premières Utopies'', pref. by Serge Lehman (Éditions ex nihilo, 2009) ;Poetry * ''Poèmes guerriers'' (1929) ;Pamphlet * '' À bas le latin !'' (1933) ; new edition, established, presented and completed by Olivier Messac, pref. by Anne-Marie Ozanam, (Éditions ex nihilo, 2010) ;Novels and short stories (SF) * réédité chez L'Arbre Vengeur coll. '' L'Alambic'' in 2007. First English translation ''Quinzinzinzany'' by Mathieu Triay in issues One (Visions of Home, 2018) and Two (Visions of humanity, 2019) of ''Visions'', a British science fiction magazine in trade paperback format. * '' La Cité des asphyxiés'' (

937 Year 937 ( CMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * A Hungarian army invades Burgundy, and burns the city of Tournus. Then they go southward ...

2010) * * ''Musique arachnéenne'' (

934 Year 934 ( CMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring and Summer – The Hungarians make an alliance with the Pecheneg ...

1973) * ''Le Miroir flexible '' 933 pref. by Gérard Klein (2008) ;Romans à caractère autobiographique * ''Le Voyage de Néania à travers la guerre et la paix''

926 Year 926 ( CMXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – The Italian nobles turn against King Rudolph II of Burgundy and request that ...

pref. by

Didier Daeninckx Didier Daeninckx (born 27 April 1949 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent, best known for his '' romans noirs''. Works translated into English *' (''Meurtres pour mémoire'') by Melvill ...

(Éditions ex nihilo, 2014) * '' Smith Conundrum, roman d'une université américaine''

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pref. by

, postf. de Robert Michel (Éditions ex nihilo, 2010) ;Chronicles * ''Pot-pourri fantôme'' (

1958) * ''Roman policier, fragment d'histoire'', préf. de Gérard Durozoi (Éditions ex nihilo, 2009) * ''La Crise, chronique éditoriale, 1930-1939'', préf. de

Michel Besnier Michel Besnier (1928–2000) was a French heir and businessman. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Besnier Group, later known as Lactalis. Early life Michel Besnier was born on 18 September 1928 in Laval, Mayenne. His father, André ...

(Éditions ex nihilo, 2013) ;Corresponde gérarnce * ''Lettres de prison'' (

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2005)

Translations

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David H. Keller David Henry Keller (December 23, 1880 – July 13, 1966) was an American writer who worked for pulp magazines in the mid-twentieth century, in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. He was also a psychiatrist and physician to shell- ...

* ''Les Mains et la machine'' (Stenographer's Hands, 1928), 1932 * ''La Nourrice automatique'' (The Psychophonic Nurse, 1928), 1936 * ''La Guerre du lierre'' (The Ivy War, 1930), 1936 * ''Pourquoi ?'' (The Question), 1937 * ''Le Fou du ciel'' (The Flying Fool), 1937 * ''La Lune de miel perpétuelle'' (Life Everlasting), 1938 * ''Le Duel sans fin'' (The Eternal Conflict), 1939 (publication partielle) ; Fitz James O'Brien * ''Animula'' (The Diamonds Lens), 1931 * ''L’Histoire du dragon Fang'', 1935 ; Max Nettlau * ''Esquisse d'histoire des Utopies'' (Esbozo de historia de las Utopias, 1934), 1936-1938 ;

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

* ''Ce que la vie signifie pour moi'' (What Life Means to Me, 1905), 1939

Pseudonyms

* Robert Champagnac *

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* Maxime Dolus * Jehan Fabian * Mad Hobo * Jérémie Jéricho * Romain Lécapèr * Gontran Lenoir (taken over by his son

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

) * Sancho Llorente * Robert Ludion * Le Mandarin * Columbus North * L’Ours mal léché * Margarita Risa * Elsa Rothgemünde * Esteban Scanlan * Doctor Séraphicus * Laurent Zurbarran

Bibliography

* ''Bio-bibliographical Notice'', by Georges H. Gallet, New York, ''The Science Fiction News Letter'', vol. III, n°10, p. 3-4, 28 January 1939. * ''In memoriam'', by Roger Denux, ''la Tribune des fonctionnaires'', November 1946. * ''Régis Messac'', by Ralph Messac, ''Bulletin des anciens élèves du lycée de Coutances'', pages 4 & 5, February 1956. * ''Hommage à Régis Messac'', by Jean-Jacques Bridenne, '' Fiction magazine'', n°48, November 1957. * ''Pour présenter l’auteur…'' (pref.), by Ralph Messac, in ''Pot-pourri fantôme'', pages 7–9, Paris, Éditions Bellenand, 1958. * ''Anthologie des écrivains morts à la guerre (1939-1945)'', by the Association des écrivains combattants, preface by Maréchal Juin, pages 525-536, Paris, Albin Michel, 1960. * ''Un précurseur méconnu de la science-fiction française : Régis Messac'', by François Fonvieille-Alquier, pages centrales, '' Combat'', 10 December 1967. * ''Régis Messac'', by Jean-Jacques Bridenne, ''Désiré'', n°21, April 1969. * ''Épitaphe pour Régis Messac'', by Francis Lacassin, '' l'Express'', 5 February 1973. * ''Régis Messac ou l’humour du désespoir'', by

Jean-Pierre Andrevon Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 19 September 1937 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French science fiction author, as well as a painter and singer. He has used the pseudonym ''Alphonse Brutsche'' for novels published under the Fleuve Noir label. In a ...

, '' Fiction'', n°236, août 1973. * ''La Mort du Loup, itinéraire d’un disparu'', (collectif), in ''Lettres de prison'', pages 69–135, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2005. * ''Hommage à Régis Messac'', by Jean-Jacques Bridenne, ''A&A'' le magazine des survivants, n°155, April 2006, repris de '' Fiction magazine'' (voir supra). * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by

, in ''les Romans de l’homme-singe'', pages 7–12, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2007. * ''Les Contrepoisons de l'intelligence'' (prrface), by Éric Dussert, in '' Quinzinzinzili'', p. 5–16, Talence, éd. de l'Arbre vengeur, 2007. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by Gérard Klein, in ''le Miroir flexible'', pages 7–17, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2008. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by Gérard Durozoi, in ''Roman policier, fragment d'histoire'', pages 7–13, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2009. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by Natacha Vas-Deyres, in '' Valcrétin'', pages 7–18, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2009. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by Roger Bozzetto, in '' la Cité des asphyxiés'', pages 7–20, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010. * ''Amères racines'' (préf.), by Anne-Marie Ozanam, in '' À bas le latin !'', pages 5–31, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010. * S''ans titre'' (préf.), by

, in ''Smith Conundrum, roman d'une université américaine'', pages 7–15, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010. * ''Régis Messac à l'université McGill ''(postf.), by Robert Michel, in ''Smith Conundrum, roman d'une université américaine'', pages 167-181, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), par Claude Amoz, in '' Le « Detective Novel » et l'influence de la pensée scientifique'', pages 7–19, Paris,

, coll. ''Encrage/travaux, ''2011. * ''Régis Messac, l'écrivain journaliste ''(collectif, dir. Natacha Vas-Deyres & Olivier Messac), Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2012. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by

, in ''la Crise, chronique éditoriale 1930-1939'', pages 13–17, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2013. * ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by

, in ''le Voyage de Néania à travers la guerre et la paix'', pages 7–13, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2014.

Notices

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, « Le Maitron »
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* L'Éphéméride anarchiste
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* René Bianco, ''100 ans de presse anarchiste''
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