Stanley Chapman
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Stanley Chapman was a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests included theatre
and pataphysics. He was involved with founding the National Theatre of London
, was a member of Oulipo
of the year 1960, founder of the Outrapo
and a member also of the French Collège de 'Pataphysique
, the London Institute of 'Pataphysics and the Lewis Carroll Society. His English translation of Hundred Thousand Billion Poems
was received with "admiring stupefaction" by Raymond Queneau
.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and pataphysics. He was involved with founding the National Theatre of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, was a member of Oulipo
Oulipo
Oulipo is a loose gathering of French-speaking writers and mathematicians which seeks to create works using constrained writing techniques. It was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais...
of the year 1960, founder of the Outrapo
Outrapo
Outrapo stands for "Ouvroir de tragicomédie potentielle", which translates roughly as "workshop of potential tragicomedy." It was founded in London, in 1991, and it seeks to mine the potentialities of stage performance, using new or preexistent constraints...
and a member also of the French Collège de 'Pataphysique
’Pataphysics
Pataphysics is a philosophy or pseudophilosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. The term was coined and the concept created by French writer Alfred Jarry , who defined 'pataphysics as "the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties...
, the London Institute of 'Pataphysics and the Lewis Carroll Society. His English translation of Hundred Thousand Billion Poems
Hundred Thousand Billion Poems
Raymond Queneau’s Hundred Thousand Billion Poems or One hundred million million poems , published in 1961 , is a set of ten sonnets. They are printed on card with each line on a separated strip, like a heads-bodies-and-legs book...
was received with "admiring stupefaction" by Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle .-Biography:Born in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Queneau was the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot...
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Some publications
- Onze mille verbes, cent virgules Temps Mêlés n° 98, Verviers, 1969.
- L’impromptu de Jussieu Dourdan, 1998.
- Cosmilidin Dourdan, 1998.
- Messaline au Bistrot Dragée Haute n°21. 1996. Publié par Noël Arnaud.
- Epopélerinage Dragée Haute n°35. 1999. Publié par Noël Arnaud.
Some translations
- Everyone Knows
- Darwin certainly saw the importance of the earthworm
- Heartsnatcher by Boris VianBoris VianBoris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their...
- Froth on the DaydreamFroth on the daydreamFroth on the daydream is a novel written by French author Boris Vian, and published in 1947.It has been translated several times into English, under different titles...
by Boris VianBoris VianBoris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their... - Liberty or Love by Robert DesnosRobert DesnosRobert Desnos , was a French surrealist poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day.- Biography :...
- Camille Renault, 1866-1954, World-Maker. by Jean Hugues Sainmont
External links
- http://www.fatrazie.com/stanley_chapman.htm
- l'Oulipo site (in French)
- l'Outrapo site (in French)
- L.I.P. website