Prix des Deux Magots
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Edition 1 (1933) Winner
Raymond Queneau
レイモン・クノー
Reimon Kenuō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1903-02-21 （Le Havre）
- Died
- 1976-10-25 （Paris） age 73
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Le Havre (birthplace) → Paris (from 1920) → Juvisy-sur-Orge (burial place)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, critic, editor
- Active Years
- 1925-1976
- Affiliations
- Gallimard, Oulipo, Collège de 'Pataphysique
- Memberships
- Société Mathématique de France
- Influenced By
- André Breton, Georges Bataille, Alexandre Kojève
- Influenced
- Georges Perec, Oulipo members
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Paris | — | philosophy | baccalauréat | 1920-1925 | France |
University of Paris
philosophy
Degree:
baccalauréat
Period:
1920-1925
Year of Graduation:
1925
Country:
France
Baccalauréat in philosophy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Académie Goncourt | — | — | Académie Goncourt | 当選 |
| 1952 | Académie de l'humour | — | — | Académie de l'humour | 当選 |
Académie Goncourt
1951
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
当選
Académie de l'humour
1952
Organization:
Académie de l'humour
Result:
当選
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Zazie dans le métro
1959 novelHumorous novel about a girl Zazie adventuring in Paris Metro, using colloquial French.
language playcolloquialismhumor
Adaptations
- [film] Zazie dans le métro / Louis Malle (1960)
Translations
- English: Zazie in the Metro
Bibliography
- Le Chiendent (1933)
- Exercises in Style (1947)
- Hundred Thousand Billion Poems (1961)
Translations by Author
- Translated The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wittycynical humorlanguage experimentsmathematical structures
- Recurring Motifs
- transformation of everydaylanguage playpotential literature
Legacy
Co-founder of Oulipo, pioneer of potential literature. Known for innovative works blending language and mathematics.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of Zazie dans le métro
Trivia
- Co-founder of Oulipo
- Satrap of Collège de 'Pataphysique
- Zazie's first word 'Doukipudonktan' is phonetic French