Robert Pinget

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Robert Pinget (born July 19, 1919 in Geneva , Switzerland ; † August 25, 1997 in Tours , France ) was a Swiss writer and radical exponent of the nouveau roman of French literature. He was a friend and translator of Samuel Beckett .

Life

After studying law , despite his passion for poetry , music and painting , Pinget moved to England , where he first worked as a French teacher, then as a lawyer . In 1946 he moved to Paris to study painting. In 1951 he became a freelance writer, began to travel the world and published a volume of short stories. His first works were fantastic, sometimes ironic and satirical short stories and novels. He later made a living from his work for the theater and various radio stations , eventually also for television and film .

In Germany , Robert Pinget was mainly known for his radio plays . Outside France, its reception took place most effectively in England and Canada .

Pinget died in Tours in August 1997 at the age of 78.

Works

Novels (selection)

  • 1956 Graal filibuste. ( Grail privateer )
  • 1962 L'Inquisitoire. ( Inquisitorium )
  • 1965 Quelqu'un. ( Moments of truth )
  • 1969 Passacaille . Translated by Gerda Scheffel : Passacaglia , Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1991
  • 1975 Cette voix
  • 1980 L'apocryphe . Übers. Gerda Scheffel: Apokryph . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1982
  • 1982 Monsieur Songe . Translated by Gerda Scheffel: Monsieur Traum: a Dispersion , Verlag Klaus Wagenbach , Berlin 1986
  • 1984 Le Harnais. Translated by Gerda Scheffel
  • 1985 Charrue. Translated by Gerda Scheffel
  • 1987 Théo ou le temps neuf . Translated by Gerda Scheffel: Theo or the new time , Wagenbach, Berlin 1991
  • 1989 L'Ennemi. German: The enemy. Wagenbach, Berlin 1989
  • 1990 You Nerf. Translated by Gerda Scheffel
    • 1991 Shorthand from Monsieur Traum's notebooks . Wagenbach, Berlin 1991
  • 1997 Taches d'encre . Übers. Gerda Scheffel: Inkblots: Monsieur Dream's last notebook . Wagenbach, Berlin 1997

Plays

  • Lettre morte (German: undeliverable ), 1959
  • Clope au dossier , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
  • Ici ou ailleurs , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961 - German: Here or elsewhere . S. Fischer-Verlag, 1961
  • Architruc , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
  • L'Hypothèse , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
  • Identité , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1971
  • Abel et Bela , Ed. de Minuit, 1971 (Acte Sud, coll. "Répliques", 1992) (tr. Abel and Bela , 1987)
  • Paralchemy , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
  • Nuit , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
  • Un Testament bizarre , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1986 (tr.A Bizarre Will , 1989)

narrative

literature

  • Eric Eigenmann: Robert Pinget . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz - Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse. Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1411. (French)
  • Verena Dolle Tonschrift: Robert Pinget's novels in the tension between voice and writing . Gunter Narr Verlag, 1999, 221 pages.
  • Robert Henkels: Robert Pinget , in: The Contemporary Novel in France . University Press of Florida, 1995

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Pinget. In: zeit.de. September 5, 1997, accessed December 15, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Dying lights in the dark . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 1989 ( online ).
  3. ^ Anthology, contains in German Le Harnais; Charrue; You nerf
  4. ↑ Verena Dolle: Tonschrift. Gunter Narr Verlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-8233-5196-2 . limited preview in Google Book search, content: d-nb.info
  5. ^ Ed. William J. Thompson. ISBN 978-0-8130-1409-8 , p. 109. Restricted preview in Google book search
personal data
SURNAME Pinget, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1997
Place of death Tours , France