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Philippe Sollers

フィリップ・ソレルス

Firippu Sorerusu

Aliases: Philippe Joyaux

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-11-28 (Talence)
Died
2023-05-05 (Paris) age 86
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Talence → Paris

Career

Occupations
Writer, Critic, Editor
Active Years
1958-2023
Affiliations
Tel Quel, L'Infini
Influenced By
Francis Ponge
Influenced
Philip Roth

Education

Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève
Literature
Period: 1955頃
Country: France
Versailles

Awards

Fénéon Prize
1958
Work: Le Défi
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Strange Solitude

1958 Novel

Sollers's first novel, acclaimed by François Mauriac and Louis Aragon.

Solitude
Translations
  • Grove Press, 1959

Bibliography

  • A Strange Solitude
  • The Park

Translations of Works

  • Several English translations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Avant-gardeExperimental narrative
Recurring Motifs
Rhythmic intensityWordplay

Legacy

Central figure in French avant-garde literature, founder of Tel Quel.

In Popular Culture

  • Appears in Philip Roth's Operation Shylock

Trivia

  • Born Philippe Joyaux.
  • Family owned an iron factory.