Alfred Jarry
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Alfred Jarry
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Alfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany
"To be weird! That is my goal!"
"Clichés are the armature of the Absolute." (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965.)
"The work of art is a stuffed crocodile." (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965.)
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- Merdre!
- Translation: Crapr/Shittr! (merde is French for shit, and the deliberate mispelling is part of Jarry's humour)
- Opening line of Ubu Roi.
"To be weird! That is my goal!"
"Clichés are the armature of the Absolute." (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965.)
"The work of art is a stuffed crocodile." (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965.)