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Raymond Queneau
Raymond Auguste Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.
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science · French novelist and poet (1903–1976) · poet · playwright · novelist · translator · screenwriter · mathematician · writer · librettist · also Raymond Queneau, Queneau
Born 21 February 1903 · Died 25 October 1976 · Q218690
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Straelen Translator’s Prize provided by Kunststiftung NRW (2017).
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Publishers Weekly: Books by Raymond Queneau and Complete Book Reviews
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1976· 2 entries
Died 1976-10-25.
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“A história é a ciência da infelicidade dos homens”
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1960· 2 entries
The film adaptation directed by Louis Malle was released during the Nouvelle Vague movement
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Queneau was attracted to mathematics as a source of inspiration
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1950· 1 entry
Juliette Gréco recorded "Si tu t'imagines", a song by Joseph Kosma with lyrics by Queneau
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1934· 1 entry
Had a son, Jean-Marie, who became a painter
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1933· 1 entry
Awarded Prix des Deux Magots (1933).
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1928· 1 entry
After returning to Paris from his first military service
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1924· 2 entries
While vacationing in Nemours with André Masson, Armand Salacrou and Juan Gris
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Queneau met and briefly joined the Surrealists, but never fully shared their penchants for automatic writing or ultra-left politics
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1920· 1 entry
And received his first baccalauréat in 1925 for philosophy from the University of Paris
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1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-02-21.
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