Ian Monk (born 1960) is a British writer and translator, based in Paris, France.Ian Monk
Oulipo website (retrieved 29 december 2013).

Biography

Since 1998, he has been a member of the French writing group

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. Among his works in English are the books, '' Family Archaeology and Other Poems'' (2004) and '' Writings for the Oulipo'' (2005). His translations include several novels by

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, several works by his fellow Oulipian

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, and a

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d translation of

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's '' New Impressions of Africa'' (''Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique''). He now writes mainly in French, but in 2015 published a bilingual, self-translated (in both directions) ebook of poetry, ''Les feuilles de yucca / Leaves of the Yucca''
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.For some examples of his purely French writings, see the Oulipo link below. He won the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2004 for his translation of ''Monsieur Malaussène'' by Daniel Pennac.

Original works

*''We Did Everything'', Make Now Press, 2024 *''14 x 14'' (English version, translated by Philip Terry and the author), Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024 * ''Interludes'' (translated by Philip Terry), Ma Bibliothèque, 2022 * ''PQR'', éditions isabelle sauvage, 2021 * ''Aujourd'hui le soleil'', Les Venterniers, 2019 * ''Vers de l'infini'', Cambourakis, 2017 * ''Ça coule et ça crache'', poèmes sur les photos de Hervé Van De Meulebroeke, Les Venterniers, 2016 * ''Twin Towers'', 3D poem, les mille univers, 2015 * ''Les feuilles de yucca / Leaves of the Yucca'', bilingua
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Contre-mur, 2015 * ''Là'', Cambourakis, 2014 *''14 x 14'', L'Âne qui butine, 2013 *''La Jeunesse de Mek-Ouyes'', Cambourakis, 2010 *''Plouk Town'', Cambourakis, 2007 * ''Stoned at Bourges'', les mille univers, 2006 * ''Writings for the Oulipo'', Make Now, 2005 * ''N/S'', Éditions de l'attente, 2004 (with

Frédéric Forte Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impressio ...

) * ''L'Inconnu du Sambre express'', TEC-CRIAC, 2004 * ''Family Archaeology and Other Poems'', Make now, 2004 * ''Le Voyage d'Ovide'', le Verger éd., 2002 * ''Le Désesperanto'', Plurielle, 2001 In collaboration: * ''Battre les rues'', in ''Les Mystères de la capitale'', (with Olivier Salon), Le bec en l'air, 2013 * ''Septines en Septaine et autres poèmes'', (with Frédéric Forte et al), Les mille univers, 2013 * ''Anthologie de l’Oulipo'', Gallimard, 2009. * ''À chacun sa place'', La Contre Allée, 2008 * ''Potje vleesch'', La Nuit Myrtide, 2006 * ''Oulipo Compendium,'' Atlas Press, 1998 Publications in

La Bibliothèque oulipienne La Bibliothèque oulipienne is a collection that hosts the works of the individual and collective members of the Oulipo. The short texts that compose them form a fabric of playful literary creations. This publication is limited to 150 numbered cop ...

: * ''La Mesure du volailler'' (or ''Poulter's Measure''), n° 242, 2023 * ''Canzone'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 222, 2015 * ''Le Monde des nonines'', (with

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) La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 218, 2015 * ''Comment dire en anglais'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 188, 2010 * ''La Queninisation du yucca'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 181, 2009 * ''Les Feuilles du yucca'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 176, 2008 * ''Élémentaire, mon cher'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 128, 2003 * ''Quenoums'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 127, 2003 * ''Les États du sonnet'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 116, 2001 * ''Le Voyage d'Hoover'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 110, 1999 * ''Monquines'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 109, 1999 * ''Fractales'', La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 102, 1999 Editor / translator (with

Daniel Levin Becker Daniel Levin Becker (born 1984 in Chicago) is an American writer, translator and musical critic. Life In 2006, he finished his undergraduate studies in English and French at Yale University, where he also wrote for campus humor magazine '' Yale R ...

) * ''All That is Evident is Suspect: Readings from the Oulipo 1963-2018'', McSweeney's, 2018

Selected Translations

* Rufo Quintavalle: Shelf 1-15, corrupt press, 2015 * Frédéric Forte: ''Minute Operas'' (''Opéras Minute''), en collaboration, Burning Deck, 2014 *

/ Oulipo: ''Winter Journeys'' (''Le Voyage d'hiver & ses suites''), Atlas Press, 2013 *

Jacques Roubaud Jacques Roubaud (; 5 December 1932 – 5 December 2024) was a French poet, writer, and mathematician. Life and career Jacques Roubaud taught mathematics at University of Paris X Nanterre and poetry at EHESS. A member of the Oulipo group, he h ...

: ''Mathematics:'' (''Mathématique :'') Dalkey Archive, 2012 *

Hervé Le Tellier Hervé Le Tellier (; born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguistics, linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature") ...

: ''A Thousand Thoughts'' (''Les amnésiques n'ont rien vécu d'inoubliable''), Dalkey Archive, 2011 *

Yannick Haenel Yannick Haenel (born 1967, Rennes) is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine '. Biography The son of a soldier, Yannick Haenel studied at the Prytanée National Militaire at La Flèche. From 1997, he codirected the magazine '' ...

: ''The Messenger'' (''Jan Karski''), Text Publishing Company, 2010 *

: ''New Impressions of Africa'' (''Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique''), Atlas Press, 2005 *

Marie Darrieussecq Marie Darrieussecq (; born 3 January 1969, Bayonne) is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst. Her books explore the unspoken and abandoned territories in literature. Her work is dense, marked by a consta ...

: ''White'' (''White''), Faber, 2005 * Marie Darrieussecq: ''A Brief Stay with the Living'' (''Bref séjour chez les vivants''), Faber, 2005 *

Camille Laurens Laurence Ruel (born 6 November 1957), known by her pen name Camille Laurens, is a French writer and winner of the 2000 Prix Femina for ''Dans ces bras-là''. Laurens is a member of the Académie Goncourt. Career A graduate of humanities, Camil ...

: ''In Those Arms'' (''Dans ces bras-là''), Bloomsbury, 2005 *

: ''Monsieur Malaussène'' (''Monsieur Malaussène''), Harvill, 2003 *

Mathieu Ricard Matthieu Ricard (; , born 15 February 1946) is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Monastery, Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. Matthieu Ricard grew up among the personalities ...

Trinh Xuan Thuan Trịnh Xuân Thuận (born August 20, 1948) is a Vietnamese- American astrophysicist. Biography Trịnh Xuân Thuận was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He completed his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. at Princeton Unive ...

: ''The Quantum and the Lotus'' (''L'Univers dans la paume de la main''), Random House, 2001 * François Caradec: ''Raymond Roussel: A Life'' (''Raymond Roussel''), Atlas, 2001 * Daniel Pennac: ''Passion Fruit'' (''Aux fruits de la passion''), Harvill, 2000 * Daniel Pennac; ''Write to Kill'' (''La Petite Marchande de prose''), Harvill, 1999 * Daniel Pennac: ''The Scapegoat'' (''Au bonheur des ogres''), Harvill, 1998 * Daniel Pennac: ''The Fairy Gunmother'' (''La Fée carabine''), Harvill, 1997 * Georges Perec: ''Three'' (''Quel petit vélo...?'', ''Les Revenentes'' & ''Un cabinet d'amateur''), Harvill, 1998

References

External links

Some of Ian Monk's works online

Ian Monk's page on the official Oulipo site
(in French)
Ian Monk reads ''Twin Towers'' in New York

Ian Monk & The Outsiders Based on Ian Monk's texts, a rock adaptation and more...
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