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Alfred Jarry


Born
in Laval, France
September 08, 1873

Died
November 01, 1907

Genre
Poetry, Literature & Fiction, Arts & Photography

Influences
Marcel Schwob, Xavier de Maistre, ...more


Alfred Jarry 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 (i.e. the opening line in his play Ubu Roi, "Merdre!", has been translated into English as "Pshit!", "Shitteth!", "Shittr!", "Shikt!", "Shrit!" and "Pschitt!"), he invented a pseudoscience called 'Pataphysics.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 10,929 ratings · 743 reviews · 197 distinct works • Similar authors
Ubu Roi
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3.56 avg rating — 6,946 ratings — published 1896 — 263 editions
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The Ubu Plays: Ubu Rex / Ub...
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3.87 avg rating — 1,319 ratings — published 1899 — 66 editions
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Exploits & Opinions of Dr. ...
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3.97 avg rating — 830 ratings — published 1911 — 45 editions
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The Supermale
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3.62 avg rating — 664 ratings — published 1902 — 85 editions
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Adventures in 'Pataphysics:...
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4.21 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2001
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Days And Nights
3.67 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1981 — 20 editions
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Selected Works
4.16 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1965 — 9 editions
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Caesar Antichrist
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3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions
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Visits Of Love
3.79 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1898 — 18 editions
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Messalina: A Novel of Imper...
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3.32 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1901 — 77 editions
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Series by Alfred Jarry

Ubu Roi Ubu cocu Ubu enchaîné
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“Dawn was breaking, like the light from another world.”
― Alfred Jarry, The Supermale
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“It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom”
― Alfred Jarry
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“It is conventional to call ''monster'' any blending of dissonant elements. I call ''monster'' every original inexhaustible beauty.”
― Alfred Jarry
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