Adoré Floupette is the collective

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

of French authors Henri Beauclair and Gabriel Vicaire used for their 1885 literary spoof titled ''Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette'', a collection of poems satirising French

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and the

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. Stanley Chapman's translation was published by the

Atlas Press Atlas Press began publishing in 1983, and specialises in extremist and avant-garde prose writing from the 1890s to the present day. It is the largest publisher in English of books on Surrealism and has an extensive list relating to Dada, Surreal ...

. The Australian author David Brooks argued in his 2011 book, ''The Sons of Clovis'', that the

Ern Malley The Ern Malley hoax, also called the Ern Malley affair, is Australia's most famous literary hoax. Its name derives from Ernest Lalor "Ern" Malley, a fictitious poet whose biography and body of work were created in one day in 1943 by conservat ...

hoax was modelled on this work."Ern, it turns out, has a French cousin"
by Don Anderson, ''

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'' (1–2 October 2011)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Floupette, Adore Literary forgeries Hoaxes in France 19th-century hoaxes 1885 in France 1885 books Collective pseudonyms French poets French male poets