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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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Average rating: 3.9 · 42,093 ratings · 3,668 reviews · 221 distinct works • Similar authors

	Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 13,541 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) 3.64 avg rating — 10,053 ratings — published 1959 — 56 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 — 3,193 ratings — published 1965 — 53 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) 3.94 avg rating — 907 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 — 870 ratings — published 1947 — 6 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) 3.87 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 1942 — 13 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 — 622 ratings — published 1933 — 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
	Il diario intimo di Sally Mara by Raymond Queneau, Leonella Prato Caruso (translator) 3.68 avg rating — 519 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 3.61 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1944 — 30 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 3.70 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1952 — 40 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

34 likes

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

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June 2020 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells, Less than 56 pages, 1904

75 votes, 24.8%

The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura, 86-133 pages, 1906

70 votes, 23.1%

To Build a Fire by Jack London, 32 pages +-, 1902

49 votes, 16.2%

And of Clay Are We Created Isabel Allende, 16 pages +-, 1984

41 votes, 13.5%

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, Less than 36, 1890

31 votes, 10.2%

Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, 80 +-, 1947

22 votes, 7.3%

Michael Kohlhaas: A Tale from an Old Chronicle by Heinrich von Kleist, 104 pages, 1810

15 votes, 5.0%

303 total votes

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