Robert Pinget
Encyclopedia
Robert Pinget was a major avant-garde French
writer
, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novel
s and other prose
pieces that drew comparison to Beckett
and other major Modernist writers. He was also associated with the nouveau roman
movement.
In 1962, Germaine Tailleferre
of Les Six
set eleven of his poems in a song cycle entitled "Pancarte pour Une Porte D'Entrée
" (roughly translated as "Handbill for an entrance") for medium voice and piano, commissioned by the American Soprano and Arts Patron Alice Swanson Esty.
A translation of one of his best known works, The Inquisitory (1962), was recently republished by the Dalkey Archive Press
.
France
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writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s and other prose
Prose
Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
pieces that drew comparison to Beckett
Beckett
- People :* Arthur William à Beckett , English journalist and man of letters* Barry Beckett , American musician* Billy Beckett , English footballer...
and other major Modernist writers. He was also associated with the nouveau roman
Nouveau roman
The nouveau roman is a type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres. Émile Henriot coined the title in an article in the popular French newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957 to describe certain writers who experimented with style in each novel, creating an essentially new...
movement.
In 1962, Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre was a French composer and the only female member of the famous composers' group Les Six.-Biography:...
of Les Six
Les Six
Les six is a name, inspired by The Five, given in 1920 by critic Henri Collet in an article titled "" to a group of six composers working in Montparnasse whose music is often seen as a reaction against the musical style of Richard Wagner and impressionist music.-Members:Formally, the Groupe des...
set eleven of his poems in a song cycle entitled "Pancarte pour Une Porte D'Entrée
Pancarte pour une porte d'entrée (Tailleferre)
"Pancarte pour une porte d'entrée" is a cycle of eleven songs composed by Germaine Tailleferre to the poems of the novelist and poet Robert Pinget written in 1959...
" (roughly translated as "Handbill for an entrance") for medium voice and piano, commissioned by the American Soprano and Arts Patron Alice Swanson Esty.
A translation of one of his best known works, The Inquisitory (1962), was recently republished by the Dalkey Archive Press
Dalkey Archive Press
Dalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
.
Novels
- Entre Fantoine et Agapa, (Jarnac, Ed. Tour de Feu, 1951), Ed. de Minuit (tr. Between Fantoine and Agapa, 1982)
- Mahu ou le matériau, (Paris, Robert Laffont, 1952), Ed. de Minuit (tr. Mahu or The Material, 1966, 2005)
- Le Renard et la boussole, (Paris, Gallimard, 1953), Ed. de Minuit
- Graal flibuste, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1956
- Baga, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1958 (tr. Baga, 1984)
- Lettre morte, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959
- La Manivelle, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1960
- Clope au dossier, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- Ici ou ailleurs, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- Architruc, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- L'Hypothèse, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- Le Fiston, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959 (tr. Monsieur Levert)
- L'Inquisitoire, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1962 (tr. The Inquisitory, 1982, 2003)
- Autour de Mortin, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965
- Quelqu'un, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965 (tr. Someone, 1984)
- Le Libera, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1968 (tr. The Libera Me Domine, 1978)
- Passacaille, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1969 (tr. PassacagliaPassacagliaThe passacaglia is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. It is usually of a serious character and is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple metre....
, 1978) - Identité, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971
- Abel et Bela, Ed. de Minuit, 1971, (Acte Sud, coll. "Répliques", 1992) (tr. Abel and Bela, 1987)
- Fable, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971 (tr. FableFableA fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized , and that illustrates a moral lesson , which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.A fable differs from...
, 1980) - Paralchimie, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
- Nuit, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
- Cette Voix, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1975 (tr. That Voice, 1982)
- L'Apocryphe, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1980 (tr. The Apocrypha, 1986)
- Monsieur Songe, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1982 (tr. Monsieur Songe, 1988)
- Le Harnais, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1984
- Charrue, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1985
- Un Testament bizarre, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1986 (tr. A Bizarre Will, 1989)
- L'Ennemi, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1987 (tr. The EnemyThe Enemy (novel)The prequel, The Enemy is the eighth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child.-Plot introduction:In the last hours of 1989, two-star Army General Ken Kramer is in a North Carolina motel when he dies of a fatal heart attack...
, 1991) - Du Nerf, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1990 (tr. Be BraveBe BraveBe Brave is the second album by the band The Strange Boys. It was released via In The Red Records.-Track listing:# "I See" - 3:08# "A Walk On The Bleach" - 3:05# "Be Brave" - 2:58# "Friday In Paris" - 2:17# "Between Us" - 3:20# "Da Da" - 2:32...
, 1994) - Cette Chose, de Robert Pinget et Jean Deyrolle, Paris, Deyrolle éditeur, (1967), 1990
- Théo ou le temps neuf, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1991 (tr. Theo or The New Era, 1994)
- L'Affaire Ducreux et autres textes, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1995
- Tâches d'encre, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1997 (tr. Traces of Ink, 2000)
- Mahu reparle, Paris, Ed. des Cendres, 2009
- La Fissure, précédée de Malicotte-la-Frontière, Genève, Ed. MetisPresses, 2009
- Jean Loiseau, in Histoires littéraires n° 40, 2010