Jacques Jouet
Encyclopedia
Jacques Jouet is a French writer and has been a participating member of the Oulipo
literary project since 1983.
He is a poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayiste, and plasticine artist specializing in collages. As a member of l'Oulipo
, Jouet became its focus in June 2009 when he began publicly writing a serialized novel in five days. He first became involved with Oulipo in 1978, stemming from a writing course directed by Paul Fournel
, Georges Perec
, and Jacques Roubaud
.
His serial The Republic of Mek Ouyes was broadcasted simultaneously on radio and on the web, through the site of his publisher, P.O.L.
Jouet wrote Poèmes de métro while riding the underground trains of the Paris Métro
.
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...
literary project since 1983.
He is a poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayiste, and plasticine artist specializing in collages. As a member of l'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...
, Jouet became its focus in June 2009 when he began publicly writing a serialized novel in five days. He first became involved with Oulipo in 1978, stemming from a writing course directed by Paul Fournel
Paul Fournel
Paul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud . Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau and published the first book-length study of the Oulipo, Clefs pour la littérature potentielle...
, Georges Perec
Georges Perec
Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist and essayist. He is a member of the Oulipo group...
, and Jacques Roubaud
Jacques Roubaud
Jacques Roubaud is a French poet and mathematician.Jacques Roubaud is a professor of poetry at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and he was a professor of Mathematics at University of Paris X...
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His serial The Republic of Mek Ouyes was broadcasted simultaneously on radio and on the web, through the site of his publisher, P.O.L.
Jouet wrote Poèmes de métro while riding the underground trains of the Paris Métro
Paris Métro
The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...
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Literary
- Le directeur du Musée des cadeaux des chefs d'État de l'étranger
- Annette et l'Etna
- Poèmes de Métro (Poems of the Paris Underground)
- Mon bel autocar (My Beautiful Bus)
- Actes de la machine ronde
- L'amour comme on l'apprend à l'école hôtelière
- Une mauvaise maire
- MRM (Max Jacob Prize 2009)
Collected Works
- Nombreux volumes de La Bibliothèque oulipienne, Seghers et Le Castor Astral
- Les Papous dans la tête, l'anthologie, with Bertrand Jérôme and Françoise Treussard, Gallimard, 2007
- Le Dictionnaire des Papous dans la tête, with Françoise Treussard, Gallimard, 2007
Théâtre
(incomplete list)- Mitterrand et Sankara, staged in 2005, reopened in 2008 at the Théâtre des Amandiers, Nanterre
- La République de Mek Ouyes, staged in 2006 at the Théâtre des Amandiers, Nanterre
- L'amour au travail
- La chatte bottée