François Le Lionnais
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François Le Lionnais was a French
chemical engineer
and mathematician
, perhaps best known as a founder of the literary movement Oulipo
.
Le Lionnais was born in Paris
. A Dada
poet in the 1920s, he became director of a large industrial concern, the Forges d'Aquiny, at age 26. Active in the French Resistance in World War II
, he became a professor at the Ecole de Guerre after the war, and in subsequent years head of the Division of Teaching and Diffusion of Sciences at UNESCO
, scientific advisor to the National Museums, and Regent of the Collège de ‘Pataphysique.
He co-founded Oulipo in 1960 with Raymond Queneau
, and during later years augmented it with a series of analogous organizations including Oulipopo (detective fiction), Oumupo (music), Oupeinpo (painting), Oucinépo (film), and Oucuipo (cooking).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
chemical engineer
Chemical engineer
In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is the profession in which one works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products, and deals with the design and operation of plants and equipment to perform such work...
and mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, perhaps best known as a founder of the literary movement Oulipo
Oulipo
Oulipo is a loose gathering of French-speaking writers and mathematicians which seeks to create works using constrained writing techniques. It was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais...
.
Le Lionnais was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. A Dada
Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
poet in the 1920s, he became director of a large industrial concern, the Forges d'Aquiny, at age 26. Active in the French Resistance in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he became a professor at the Ecole de Guerre after the war, and in subsequent years head of the Division of Teaching and Diffusion of Sciences at UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
, scientific advisor to the National Museums, and Regent of the Collège de ‘Pataphysique.
He co-founded Oulipo in 1960 with Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle .-Biography:Born in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Queneau was the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot...
, and during later years augmented it with a series of analogous organizations including Oulipopo (detective fiction), Oumupo (music), Oupeinpo (painting), Oucinépo (film), and Oucuipo (cooking).