Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau ( born February 21, 1903 in Le Havre, † October 25, 1976 in Neuilly, near Paris ) was a French poet and writer. His most famous work is the novel Zazie dans le métro.

Life

Even in his youth had Raymond Queneau contact with the French Surrealists. In 1949 he was among the first signatories of the manifesto of the Collège de ' Pataphysique ( artist group ' Pataphysics ), which dates back to the poet and playwright Alfred Jarry. As a result, he and François Le Lionnais the artists OuLiPo movement, which also included the writer Georges Perec and Italo Calvino. At the same time, he worked as director of the Encyclopédie de la Pléiade for the prestigious Gallimard. In 1951 he became a member of the Académie Goncourt. With his 1959 novel, Zazie dans le métro ( German: Zazie in the Metro), which describes the adventures of a country girl in Paris, Queneau became famous. The book was in the following year by Louis Malle filmed ( German title Zazie ).

Works

Queneau's works were mostly translated into German by Eugen Helmle.

Novels

  • Le Chien Dent, 1933, dt: " The dog tooth", Claassen, Dusseldorf 1978, ISBN 3-453-43055-7; first work, which was awarded the annual " Prix des Deux Magots ".
  • Gueule de pierre, 1934
  • Les Derniers Jours, 1936, dt: " The little shops of Monsieur Brabbant "
  • Odile, 1937, dt: " Odile " Manesseplatz, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7175-2186-0
  • Les Enfants du Limon, 1938, dt: "The children of the old Limon "
  • Un rude hiver, 1939, dt: " A severe winter / A Winter in Le Havre "
  • Les Temps mêlés ( gueule de pierre II ), 1941
  • Pierrot mon ami, 1942, dt: " My Friend Pierrot "
  • Loin de Rueil, 1944, dt: " The Skin of Dreams ," " Far from Rueil "
  • On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes, 1947, dt: " One is always too good for the women "
  • Saint- Glinglin, 1948, dt: " Holy cow "
  • Le Journal intime de Sally Mara, 1950, dt: " Intimate Diary of Sally Mara ," Stahlberg, Karlsruhe 1964 and Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 1979
  • Le Dimanche de la vie, 1952, dt: " Sunday of Life", Steel Mountain, Karlsruhe 1968
  • Zazie dans le métro, 1959, dt: " Zazie in the Metro", Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 978-3-518-39974-3
  • Les Fleurs Bleues, 1965, dt: " The Blue Flower ", Stahlberg, Karlsruhe 1966
  • Le Vol d' Icare, 1968, dt: "The Flight of Icarus "

Poetry

  • Chêne et chien, 1937, dt: " oak and dog "
  • Les Ziaux, 1943
  • L'Instant fatal, 1946
  • Petite Cosmogonie poratble, 1950, dt: " Taschenkosmogonie "
  • Cent mille milliards de poèmes, 1961, dt: "One hundred thousand billion poems "
  • Le Chien à la mandoline, 1965
  • Courir les rues, 1967
  • Battre la campagne, 1968
  • Fendre les flots, 1969
  • Morale élémentaire, 1975

Essays, essays and articles

  • Joan Miró ou le Poète préhistorique, 1949, dt: " Miró and the prehistoric Poet", 1965
  • Bâtons, chiffres et lettres, 1950, dt: " dashes, signs and letters"
  • Pour Une Bibliothèque Idéale, 1956
  • Questions and Answers avec Georges Charbonnier, 1962
  • Boards, 1963, dt: "Mathematics of tomorrow"
  • Une Histoire modèle, 1966, dt: "A Model history ", 1970
  • Le Voyage en Grèce, 1973
  • Traité des vertus démocratiques, 1993

Editorship

  • Alexandre Kojève: Introduction à la lecture de Hegel. Leçons sur la phénoménologie de l' esprit, professées de 1933 à 1939 à l' Ecole des Hautes Etudes -. Edited by Raymond Queneau. Gallimard, Paris 1947 - Part translation. Alexandre Kojève: Hegel, a re-presentation of his thought. Comment to the Phenomenology of Spirit. Translated by Iring Fetscherplatz. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, 1975 by Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, numerous editions, ISBN 3-518-27697-2

Various

  • En passant, 1944, dt: " By the way " ( play )
  • Exercices de style, 1947 ger: " Exercises in Style ", Suhrkamp, Frankfurt ISBN 3-518-22053-5

The anecdote " Bus 5" is narrated in 99 variants and is experimenting Queneau with the French language through all styles, slang and dialects up to the phonetics. The reading is recommended because of the language and sound games in the original French, although the German translation is considered intellectual equal.

  • Contes et Michel Leiris propos Preface 1981 German: The Use and Abuse of sedatives. Translator's stories and re-sampling. Hans Thill (only one choice, and without the Vorw ) Wagenbach, Berlin 2002 ISBN 3-8031-3170-7. The information contained in " The Trojan Horse", "On the edge of the forest " and others first trans. Eugen Helmle: The Trojan horse and other stories Limes, Wiesbaden 1964
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