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Pierre Senges (born 1968,

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) is a French writer. His work includes nineteen books, numerous essays published in literary journals, and over seventy plays for radio. His books are sometimes noted for having a baroque prose style. They frequently combine erudition, intertextuality, and invention (''Fragments of Lichtenberg'', ''The Major Refutation'') or play on the relation between historically true and fictional elements (''Les carnets de Gordon McGuffin'' and ''Essais fragiles d’aplomb''). About five of Senges's books have been translated and published in English, including ''Fragments of Lichtenberg'', ''Ahab (Sequels)'', ''The Major Refutation'', ''Geometry in the Dust'', and ''Studies of Silhouettes''. Senges' radio plays (''fictions radiophoniques'') have been produced by France Culture and France Inter. He has been the recipient of the following prizes: the

Prix Wepler The prix Wepler is a French literary award established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler ( Place Clichy, 18th arrondissement of Paris) and which distinguishes ...

, the Prix SACD Nouveau Talent Radio in 2007, the Grand prix de la fiction radiophonique de la SGDL in 2008, the Prix du deuxième roman, the Prix Rhône-Alpes, and the Prix meilleure page 111.

Works

Books

* ''Veuves au maquillage'', Éditions Verticales, 2000 ; Points Seuil. Prix Rhône-Alpes * ''Essais fragiles d’aplomb'' (essay), Verticales, coll. Minimales, 2002 * ''Ruines-de-Rome'', Verticales, 2002 ; Points Seuil. Prix du deuxième roman 2003 * ''La réfutation majeure : version française, d'après Réfutatio major, attribué à

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(1480-1548)'', Verticales, 2004, (Gallimard, Folio 4647, 2007) ** ''The Major Refutation: English version of Refutatio major, attributed to Antonio de Guevara (1480–1545)'', translated by Jacob Siefring, Contra Mundum Press, Dec 2016 * ''Géométrie dans la poussière'', illustrations by

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, Verticales, 2004 ** ''Geometry in the Dust'', illustrations by

, translated by Jacob Siefring, Inside the Castle, Apr 2019 * ''L’idiot et les hommes de paroles'' (essai), Bayard, 2005 * ''Sort l'assassin, entre le spectre'', Verticales, 2006 * ''Fragments de Lichtenberg'', Verticales, 2008 ** ''Fragments of Lichtenberg'', translated by Gregory Flanders, Dalkey Archive Press, Jan 2017 * ''Les carnets de Gordon McGuffin'', illustrated by

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, Futuropolis, 2008. * ''Les aventures de Percival : un conte phylogénétique'', illustrated by Nicolas de Crécy, Dis voir, 2009 ** ''The Adventures of Percival: A Phylogenetic Tale'', translated by Paul Buck and Catherine Petit, Dis voir, 2009 * ''Etudes de silhouettes'', Verticales, March 2010 ** ''Studies of Silhouettes'', trans. Jacob Siefring, Sublunary Editions, Nov 2020 * ''Environs et mesures'', Gallimard, « Le Cabinet des lettrés », April 2011 * ''Zoophile contant fleurette'', Cadex, April 2012 * ''Achab (séquelles)'', Verticales, August 2015 ** ''Ahab (Sequels)'', trans. Jacob Siefring & Tegan Raleigh, Contra Mundum, Nov 2021 * ''Cendres des hommes et des bulletins'', illustrated by Sergio Aquindo, Le Tripode, September 2016 * ''Projectiles au sens propre'', Verticales, January 2020 * ''Rabelais's Doughnuts: Selected Short Writings'', trans. Jacob Siefring, Sublunary Editions, February 2022 * ''Épître aux wisigoths'', Éditions José Corti, 2023 * ''Un long silence interrompu par le cri d'un griffon'', Verticales, 2023

Selected Radio Plays

* ''Un immense fil d’une heure de temps'', directed by Marguerie Gateau, 2007 * ''Histoire de Bouvard et Pécuchet, copistes'', adaption of the book by Gustave Flaubert, with Dominique Pinon and Philippe Magnan, directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2009 * ''Proxima du Centaure'' (Radio fiction pamphlet), Lansman, March 2010 * ''Les Évasions de Boris Anacrouse'', directed by Alexandre Plank, 2010 * ''Rumeurs autour d'une Encyclopédie du silence'', directed by Laure Egoroff, 2012 * ''Le Discret et le Continu'', directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2016 * ''La Maison Winchester'', directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2017 * ''Comment faire disparaître une ombre'', directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2019

References

External links

Author page at Editions Verticales

Pierre Senges discussed at remue.net

Audio recording of interview with Laurent Demanze

Review of ''Fragments de Lichtenberg'' by Matricule des Anges

Translated excerpt from ''Geometry in the Dust''
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