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Raymond Queneau

Born

in Le Havre, France

February 21, 1903

Died

October 25, 1976

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Influences

James Joyce, Flaubert, Rabelais, Victor Hugo, Shakespeare, René Guénon ...more

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Novelist, poet, and critic Raymond Queneau, was born in Le Havre in 1903, and went to Paris when he was 17. For some time he joined André Breton's Surrealist group, but after only a brief stint he dissociated himself. Now, seeing Queneau's work in retrospect, it seems inevitable. The Surrealists tried to achieve a sort of pure expression from the unconscious, without mediation of the author's self-aware "persona." Queneau's texts, on the contrary, are quite deliberate products of the author's conscious mind, of his memory, and his intentionality.

Although Queneau's novels give an impression of enormous spontaneity, they were in fact painstakingly conceived in every small detail. He even once remarked that he simply could not leave to hazard ...more

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	Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 12,833 ratings — published 1947 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Translator), Gilbert Adair (Introduction) 3.65 avg rating — 9,535 ratings — published 1959 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Flowers 4.04 avg rating — 3,046 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 858 ratings — published 1968 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Always Treat Women Too Well by Raymond Queneau, Sally Mara (Pseudonym), Barbara Wright (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 1947 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pierrot Mon Ami by Raymond Queneau, Inez Hedges (Afterword), Barbara Wright (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 1942 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch Grass by Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 1933 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il diario intimo di Sally Mara by Raymond Queneau, Leonella Prato Caruso (translator) 3.69 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1950 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Skin of Dreams 3.62 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 1944 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sunday of Life 3.69 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 1952 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Raymond Queneau (?)

“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.”
― Raymond Queneau, Zazie in the Metro

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“He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was inexperienced and besides he didn't have too much imagination.”
― Raymond Queneau

tags: adventure, boring, imagination

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“La vie? Un rien l'amène, un rien l'anime, un rien la mine, un rien l'emmène.”
― Raymond Queneau

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