Marcel Arland (5 July 1899,

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Biography

With René Crevel and Roger Vitrac he founded the

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ist newspaper ''Aventure.'' He was awarded the

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for ''L'Ordre'' in 1929, and was elected to the

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in 1968. He directed the ''

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'' from 1968 to 1977.

References

Arland is referenced by Deleuze & Guattari in Chapter 8 of

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. They cite Arland's 1944 work 'Le Promeneur' where he describes the novella as "nothing but pure lines right down to the nuances, and nothing but the pure and conscious power of the word". Arland's view of the novella form accords with Deleuze and Guattari's: that it consists of abstract lines (connections) that constitute subjects and entities by relating them to one another.Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, trans. Brian Massumi, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, Minnesota University Press, 1987, 195

Works

*''Terres étrangères'' (1923) *''Étienne'' (1925) *''Monique'' (1926) *''Les Âmes en peine'' (1927) *''L'Ordre'' (1929) (Prix Goncourt) *''Antarès'' (1932) *''Les Vivants'' (1934) *''La Vigie'' (1935) *''Les Plus Beaux de nos jours'' (1937) *''Terre natale'' (1938) *''La Grâce'' (1941) *''Zélie dans le désert'' (1944) *''Il faut de tout pour faire un monde'' (1947) *''Sidobre'' (1949) *''Essais et nouveaux essais critiques'' (1952) *''Je vous écris...'' (1960) *''L'Eau et le feu'' (1960) *''Je vous écris... La nuit et les sources'' (1963) *''Le Grand Pardon'' (1965) *''Attendez l'aube'' (1970)

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Marcel Arland

Marcel Arland(French Writer)
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