Régis Messac (2 August 1893 – 1945) was a French essayist, poet and translator.
Published works
;Studies
* ''
Le « Detective Novel » et l'influence de la pensée scientifique'' (1929) ; new edition, corrected and annotated, preface by
Claude Amoz Claude may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People and fictional characters
* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...
, postface by
François Guérif: (
les Belles Lettres, coll. ''Encrage/travaux, ''2011)
* ''Influences française dans l'œuvre d'Edgar Poe'' (1929)
* ''
Micromégas
''Le Micromégas'' is a 1752 novella by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. Along with his story "Plato's Dream", it is an early example in the literary genre of science fiction and has its place in the development of the history o ...
'' (1936)
* ''Brève histoire des hommes'' (1939)
* ''Esquisse d'une chronobibliographie des Utopies'' (
9401962)
* ''La Révolution culturelle'' (
9381988)
* ''Les Romans de l’homme-singe'', pref. by
Marc Angenot (
9352007)
* ''Les Premières Utopies'', pref. by
Serge Lehman (Éditions ex nihilo, 2009)
;Poetry
* ''Poèmes guerriers'' (1929)
;Pamphlet
* ''
À bas le latin !'' (1933) ; new edition, established, presented and completed by Olivier Messac, pref. by Anne-Marie Ozanam, (Éditions ex nihilo, 2010)
;Novels and short stories (SF)
* réédité chez L'Arbre Vengeur coll. ''
L'Alambic'' in 2007. First English translation ''Quinzinzinzany'' by Mathieu Triay in issues One (Visions of Home, 2018) and Two (Visions of humanity, 2019) of ''Visions'', a British science fiction magazine in trade paperback format.
* ''
La Cité des asphyxiés'' (
9372010)
*
* ''Musique arachnéenne'' (
934
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring and Summer – The Hungarians make an alliance with the Pechenegs ...
1973)
* ''Le Miroir flexible ''
933 pref. by
Gérard Klein (2008)
;Romans à caractère autobiographique
* ''Le Voyage de Néania à travers la guerre et la paix''
926 pref. by
Didier Daeninckx
Didier Daeninckx (born 27 April 1949 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent, best known for his '' romans noirs''.
Works translated into English
*' (''Meurtres pour mémoire'') by Melvill ...
(Éditions ex nihilo, 2014)
* ''
Smith Conundrum, roman d'une université américaine''
942 pref. by
Marc Angenot, postf. de Robert Michel (Éditions ex nihilo, 2010)
;Chronicles
* ''Pot-pourri fantôme'' (
9421958)
* ''Roman policier, fragment d'histoire'', préf. de Gérard Durozoi (Éditions ex nihilo, 2009)
* ''La Crise, chronique éditoriale, 1930-1939'', préf. de
Michel Besnier (Éditions ex nihilo, 2013)
;Corresponde gérarnce
* ''Lettres de prison'' (
943
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Allied with the Rus', a Hungarian army raids Moesia and Thrac ...
2005)
Translations
;
David H. Keller
* ''Les Mains et la machine'' (Stenographer's Hands, 1928), 1932
* ''La Nourrice automatique'' (The Psychophonic Nurse, 1928), 1936
* ''La Guerre du lierre'' (The Ivy War, 1930), 1936
* ''Pourquoi ?'' (The Question), 1937
* ''Le Fou du ciel'' (The Flying Fool), 1937
* ''La Lune de miel perpétuelle'' (Life Everlasting), 1938
* ''Le Duel sans fin'' (The Eternal Conflict), 1939 (publication partielle)
;
Fitz James O'Brien
* ''Animula'' (The Diamonds Lens), 1931
* ''L’Histoire du dragon Fang'', 1935
;
Max Nettlau
Max Heinrich Hermann Reinhardt Nettlau (; 30 April 1865 – 23 July 1944) was a German anarchist and historian. Although born in Neuwaldegg (today part of Vienna) and raised in Vienna, he lived there until the anschluss to Nazi Germany in 193 ...
* ''Esquisse d'histoire des Utopies'' (Esbozo de historia de las Utopias, 1934), 1936-1938
;
Jack London
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* ''Ce que la vie signifie pour moi'' (What Life Means to Me, 1905), 1939
Pseudonyms
* Robert Champagnac
*
John Doe
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* Maxime Dolus
* Jehan Fabian
* Mad Hobo
* Jérémie Jéricho
* Romain Lécapèr
* Gontran Lenoir (taken over by his son
Ralph
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms ...
)
* Sancho Llorente
* Robert Ludion
* Le Mandarin
* Columbus North
* L’Ours mal léché
* Margarita Risa
* Elsa Rothgemünde
* Esteban Scanlan
* Doctor Séraphicus
* Laurent Zurbarran
Bibliography
* ''Bio-bibliographical Notice'', by
Georges H. Gallet, New York, ''The Science Fiction News Letter'', vol. III, n°10, p. 3-4, 28 January 1939.
* ''In memoriam'', by
Roger Denux, ''la Tribune des fonctionnaires'', November 1946.
* ''Régis Messac'', by Ralph Messac, ''Bulletin des anciens élèves du lycée de Coutances'', pages 4 & 5, February 1956.
* ''Hommage à Régis Messac'', by Jean-Jacques Bridenne, ''
Fiction magazine'', n°48, November 1957.
* ''Pour présenter l’auteur…'' (pref.), by Ralph Messac, in ''Pot-pourri fantôme'', pages 7–9, Paris, Éditions Bellenand, 1958.
* ''Anthologie des écrivains morts à la guerre (1939-1945)'', by the Association des écrivains combattants, preface by
Maréchal Juin, pages 525-536, Paris, Albin Michel, 1960.
* ''Un précurseur méconnu de la science-fiction française : Régis Messac'', by François Fonvieille-Alquier, pages centrales, ''
Combat
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'', 10 December 1967.
* ''Régis Messac'', by Jean-Jacques Bridenne, ''Désiré'', n°21, April 1969.
* ''Épitaphe pour Régis Messac'', by
Francis Lacassin
Francis Lacassin (; 18 November 1931 – 12 August 2008)[l'Express
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History ...]
'', 5 February 1973.
* ''Régis Messac ou l’humour du désespoir'', by
Jean-Pierre Andrevon
Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 19 September 1937 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French science fiction author, as well as a painter and singer. He has used the pseudonym ''Alphonse Brutsche'' for novels published under the Fleuve Noir label. In add ...
, ''
Fiction'', n°236, août 1973.
* ''La Mort du Loup, itinéraire d’un disparu'', (collectif), in ''Lettres de prison'', pages 69–135, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2005.
* ''Hommage à Régis Messac'', by Jean-Jacques Bridenne, ''A&A'' le magazine des survivants, n°155, April 2006, repris de ''
Fiction magazine'' (voir supra).
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by
Marc Angenot, in ''les Romans de l’homme-singe'', pages 7–12, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2007.
* ''Les Contrepoisons de l'intelligence'' (prrface), by Éric Dussert, in ''
Quinzinzinzili'', p. 5–16, Talence, éd. de l'Arbre vengeur, 2007.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by
Gérard Klein, in ''le Miroir flexible'', pages 7–17, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2008.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by Gérard Durozoi, in ''Roman policier, fragment d'histoire'', pages 7–13, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2009.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by
Natacha Vas-Deyres, in ''
Valcrétin'', pages 7–18, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2009.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by
Roger Bozzetto
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...
, in ''
la Cité des asphyxiés'', pages 7–20, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010.
* ''Amères racines'' (préf.), by Anne-Marie Ozanam, in ''
À bas le latin !'', pages 5–31, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010.
* S''ans titre'' (préf.), by
Marc Angenot, in ''Smith Conundrum, roman d'une université américaine'', pages 7–15, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010.
* ''Régis Messac à l'université McGill ''(postf.), by Robert Michel, in ''Smith Conundrum, roman d'une université américaine'', pages 167-181, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2010.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), par
Claude Amoz Claude may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People and fictional characters
* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...
, in ''
Le « Detective Novel » et l'influence de la pensée scientifique'', pages 7–19, Paris,
les Belles Lettres, coll. ''Encrage/travaux, ''2011.
* ''Régis Messac, l'écrivain journaliste ''(collectif, dir. Natacha Vas-Deyres & Olivier Messac), Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2012.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by
Michel Besnier, in ''la Crise, chronique éditoriale 1930-1939'', pages 13–17, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2013.
* ''Sans titre'' (préf.), by
Didier Daeninckx
Didier Daeninckx (born 27 April 1949 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent, best known for his '' romans noirs''.
Works translated into English
*' (''Meurtres pour mémoire'') by Melvill ...
, in ''le Voyage de Néania à travers la guerre et la paix'', pages 7–13, Paris, Éditions ex nihilo, 2014.
Notices
*
Dictionnaire des anarchistes
''Dictionnaire des anarchistes'' is a biographical dictionary of French anarchists published in 2014 within the '' Le Maitron'' series.
Publication
'' Le Maitron'' is a series of reference works: a 44-volume biographical dictionary of th ...
, « Le Maitron »
notice biographique
*
L'Éphéméride anarchiste notice biographique
*
René Bianco
René Bianco (21 June 1908 – 23 January 2008) was a French operatic baritone who performed at the Opéra Comique and the Paris Opera
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, ''100 ans de presse anarchiste''
notice
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