Oulipo

Oulipo (French pronunciation: ​[ulipo], short for French: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; roughly translated: "workshop of potential literature") is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works using constrained writing techniques. It was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais. Other notable members have included novelists Georges Perec and Italo Calvino, poets Oskar Pastior, Jean Lescure and poet/mathematician Jacques Roubaud.

The group defines the term littérature potentielle as (rough translation): "the seeking of
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Exercises in Style
Life: A User's Manual
A Void
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Invisible Cities
W, or the Memory of Childhood
Zazie in the Metro
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise
Species of Spaces and Other Pieces
Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature
Oulipo Compendium
Things: A Story of the Sixties / A Man Asleep
Sphinx
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
A Void by Georges PerecGadsby by Ernest Vincent WrightElla Minnow Pea by Mark DunnEunoia by Christian BökEbb by Grant Maierhofer
Lipogram Literature
7 books — 1 voter
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCloud Atlas by David  MitchellPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 584 voters

Absurd Incredulity. Inconceivable Calamity by Mark ComstockOulipo Laboratory by Raymond QueneauMalpertuis by Jean RayThe Way Home by Harry MathewsGeorges Perec and the Oulipo by Georges Perec
Atlas Anti-Classics
24 books — 5 voters
Awake Beautiful Child by Amy Krouse RosenthalAnno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa AnnoAnno's Counting House by Mitsumasa AnnoAlison's Zinnia by Anita LobelAnimalia by Graeme Base
Children's Books with Constraints
7 books — 1 voter

Jasna Horvat
Ozana Nada Horvat pjesnikinja je i izražava se riječima. Njezine su pjesme izravni prijenosnici čuvstava koje u njoj pobuđuju ljudi i priroda. Dok je u stanju pjesničkoga zanosa, oči su joj suhe, premda su joj osjetila uznemirena, i u stanju je povišene temperature. Tek kada ju pjesnički zanos mine i kada pjesme čita u sebi ili ih naglas izgovara, tada je čitateljski ganuta. Ta dva zanosa – čitateljski i stvarateljski – Ozana Nada Horvat ne poistovjećuje. Kada je pjesnik, tada je kozmos. Kada je ...more
Jasna Horvat, Atanor

Jasna Horvat
Uz kozmogonijske stihove Vatroslav Pero Horvat vraća se u svoje prirodno stanište, aktivan je primatelj i davatelj kozmičkoga zračenja. On je vodik i unatoč tome on je zraka, ali i snop zraka. Vatroslav Pero Horvat čitatelj je signala, a time i pjesnik čije su tijelo, misao i duša zbirka otisnutih kozmičkih sila.
Jasna Horvat, Atanor

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