Alfred Jarry
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Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry, by Felix Vallotton.
Personal information
Birth date8 September 1873
Place of birthLaval, Mayenne, France
Date of death1 November 1907(age 34)
NationalityFrench
OccupationDramatist
InfluencedEugene Ionesco, Dario Fo, Giannina Braschi, Guillaume Apollinaire, André Salmon, Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso, Fernando Arrabal,

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Alfred Jarry (8 September 1873 - 1 November 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side.

Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering work in the field of absurdist literature. Sometimes grotesque or misunderstood (e.g. the opening line in his play Ubu Roi, "Merdre!", has been translated into English as "Pshit!", "Shitteth!", "Shittr!", "Shikt!", "Shrit!", "Pschitt!", and "Shitsky!"), he invented a pseudoscience called Pataphysics.


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Ubú Rey hizo de las suyas en el Estudio Diana - Milenio Tweet this news
Milenio--Ese es, a groso modo, el argumento de la obra Ubú Rey, montaje basado en la obra de -Alfred Jarry- en una versión de la compañía de títeres El Tlakuache y que ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 04:02:48 GMT+00:00
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La Voix du Nord--En guise de conclusion, c'est sur une pièce d'-Alfred Jarry-, que les apprentis comédiens se sont exprimés, en jouant Ubu Roi, une parodie des systèmes ... - Date : Sun, 30 May 2010 05:07:28 GMT+00:00
Philosophie de la scène - Drammaturgia Tweet this news
Drammaturgia--Un'affermazione di -Alfred Jarry- sull'essenza del personaggio, «une abstraction qui marche», è adottata da Nicolas Doutey che procede seguendo ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 10:22:44 GMT+00:00
ÜBÜ KIRÁLY - Terasz Tweet this news
Terasz--Az Übü király -Alfred Jarry- főműve, eredetileg - egy rennes-i gimnáziumban írt - diákbohózat. Hébert úr, Jarry fizikatanára és vitriolos gúnyolódásainak örök ... - Date : Sun, 09 May 2010 22:01:41 GMT+00:00



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