Robert Pinget
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Robert Pinget (Geneva, July 19 1919 - Tours, August 25 1997) was a major avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several difficult novels and other prose pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major Modernist writers.
A translation of one of his best known works, The Inquisitory (1962), was recently republished by the Dalkey Archive Press.
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Bibliography
Novels
- Entre Fantoine et Agapa, (Jarnac, Ed. Tour de Feu, 1951), Ed. de Minuit (tr. Between Fantoine and Agapa, 1982)
- Mahu ou le matériau, (Paris, Robert Laffont, 1952), Ed. de Minuit (tr. Mahu of The Material, 1966, 2005)
- Le Renard et la boussole, (Paris, Gallimard, 1953), Ed. de Minuit
- Graal flibuste, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1956
- Baga, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1958 (tr. Baga, 1984)
- Lettre morte, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959
- La Manivelle, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1960
- Clope au dossier, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- Ici ou ailleurs, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- Architruc, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- L'Hypothèse, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
- Le Fiston, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959
- L'Inquisitoire, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1962 (tr. The Inquisitory, 1982, 2003)
- Autour de Mortin, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965
- Quelqu'un, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965 (tr. Someone, 1984)
- Le Libera, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1968 (tr. The Libera Me Domine, 1978)
- Passacaille, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1969 (tr. Passacaglia, 1978)
- Identité, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971
- Abel et Bela, Ed. de Minuit, 1971, (Acte Sud, coll. "Répliques", 1992) (tr. Abel and Bela, 1987)
- Fable, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971 (tr. Fable, 1980)
- Paralchimie, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
- Nuit, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
- Cette Voix, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1975 (tr. That Voice, 1982)
- L'Apocryphe, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1980 (tr. The Apocrypha, 1986)
- Monsieur Songe, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1982 (tr. Monsieur Songe, 1988)
- Le Harnais, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1984
- Charrue, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1985
- Un Testament bizarre, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1986 (tr. A Bizarre Will, 1989)
- L'Ennemi, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1987 (tr. The Enemy, 1991)
- Du Nerf, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1990 (tr. Be Brave, 1994)
- Cette Chose, de Robert Pinget et Jean Deyrolle, Paris, Deyrolle éditeur, (1967), 1990
- Théo ou le temps neuf, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1991 (tr. Theo or The New Era, 1994)
- L'Affaire Ducreux et autres textes, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1995
- Tâches d'encre, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1997 (tr. Traces of Ink, 2000)
Criticism in English
- Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest, by Robert Henkels, 1977
External links
- Obituary in English (http://www.pugzine.com/pug4/rip4.html)
- Biography, in French (http://www.argyro.net/colloque/pinget/biopinget.htm)
- A comprehensive web site in French (http://www.chez.com/pinget/index.html)fr:Robert Pinget