QUENEAU, Raymond

Very much a smart writer's smart writer, Queneau was brilliant beyond measure, working in a variety of mostly original ways. After Surrealist beginnings, he became involved with Pataphysics, an avant-garde parody-philosophy calling itself the science of imaginary solutions. In 1960, Queneau cofounded Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle, commonly known as Oulipo, along with the mathematician Francois Le Lionnais. In addition to working as a publisher, as a translator into French (of books such as , along with the mathematician Francois Le Lionnais. In addition to working as a publisher, as a translator into French (of books such as ...