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Robert Pinget

ロベール・ピンジェ

Robēru Panje

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1919-07-19 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Died
1997-08-25 (Tours, France) age 78
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Geneva, Switzerland → Paris, France → Touraine, France

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright
Active Years
1951-1997
Affiliations
Éditions de Minuit
Influenced By
Samuel Beckett, Alain Robbe-Grillet

Education

Collège de Genève
Faculty of Law / Law
Period: 不明
Country: Switzerland
Completed law studies
École des Beaux-Arts
Fine Arts / Painting
Period: 1946年以降
Country: France
Studied painting under Jean Souverbie

Awards

Prix Rambert
1959
Work: Le Fiston
Result: 受賞
Prix Femina
1965
Work: Quelqu'un
Result: 受賞
Grand prix national des Lettres
1987
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Inquisitoire

1962 Nouveau roman

An experimental novel exploring reality through interrogation.

realitymemoryidentity
Translations
  • Trans. Donald Watson

Bibliography

  • Entre Fantoine et Agapa
  • Mahu ou le Matériau
  • Graal Flibuste
  • Baga
  • L'Inquisitoire
  • Quelqu'un

Translations of Works

  • Numerous English translations by Barbara Wright

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Nouveau romanExperimental narrativeFragmented structure
Recurring Motifs
Ambiguous memoryLoss of identityAbsurdity of everyday life

Health

  • Stroke
    1997年
    Cause of death

Legacy

A key figure in the nouveau roman movement, associated with Samuel Beckett.