Raymond Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.
21 Facts About Raymond Queneau
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Raymond Queneau married Janine Kahn in 1928 after returning to Paris from his first military service.
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Raymond Queneau was drafted in August 1939 and served in small provincial towns before his promotion to corporal just before being demobilized in 1940.
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Raymond Queneau is buried with his parents in the old cemetery of Juvisy-sur-Orge, in Essonne outside Paris.
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Raymond Queneau spent much of his life working for the Gallimard publishing house, where he began as a reader in 1938.
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Raymond Queneau later rose to be general secretary and eventually became director of l'Encyclopedie de la Pleiade in 1956.
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Raymond Queneau entered the College de 'Pataphysique in 1950, where he became Satrap.
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Raymond Queneau had been a student of Kojeve during the 1930s and was, during this period, close to writer Georges Bataille.
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Raymond Queneau became a member of la Societe Mathematique de France in 1948.
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Raymond Queneau wrote 140 lines in 10 individual sonnets that could all be taken apart and rearranged in any order.
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Raymond Queneau calculated that anyone reading the book 24 hours a day would need 190,258,751 years to finish it.
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The works of Raymond Queneau are published by Gallimard in the collection Bibliotheque de la Pleiade.
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In 1924 Raymond Queneau met and briefly joined the Surrealists, but never fully shared their penchants for automatic writing or ultra-left politics.
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Raymond Queneau was a few years younger and felt less accomplished than the other men.
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Raymond Queneau did not make a big impression on the young bohemians.
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On this occasion, when conversation delved into Eastern philosophy, Raymond Queneau's comments showed a quiet superiority and erudite thoughtfulness.
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Leiris and Raymond Queneau became friends later while writing for Bataille's Documents.
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Raymond Queneau remained on cordial terms with Andre Breton, although he continued associating with Simone Kahn after Breton split up with her.
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Raymond Queneau joined the Democratic Communist Circle founded by Boris Souvarine and took up numerous left-wing and anti-fascist causes.
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Raymond Queneau defended the Popular Front in France and the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.
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Raymond Queneau wrote more scientific than literary reviews: on Pavlov, Vernadsky, and a review of a book on the history of equestrian caparisons by an artillery officer.