Jean Ricardou (born 17 June 1932 in Cannes (France) — died 23 July 2016 in Cannes)[1] was a French writer and theorist.[2] He joined the Tel Quel editorial board in 1962, writing for the review until 1971.[3] Between 1961 and 1984 he published three novels, a collection of short stories, four books of critical theory and a "mix" of fiction and theory, whilst being the main theorist of the French New Novel literary movement before devoting his work, as of 1985, almost exclusively to the invention and development of a new science of writing: textics.[4]
Jean Ricardou | |
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![]() Jean Ricardou and his emblematic painting | |
Born | June 17, 1932 Cannes, France |
Died | July 23, 2016 Cannes, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist and literary theorist |
Notable work | L'Observatoire de Cannes (1961)
La prise de Constantinople (1965) Problèmes du Nouveau Roman (1967) Les lieux-dits (1969) Révolutions minuscules (1971) Pour une théorie du Nouveau Roman (1973) Le Nouveau Roman (1973) Nouveaux problèmes du roman (1978) Le théâtre des métamorphoses (1982) La cathédrale de sens (1988) Une maladie chronique (1989) Intelligibilité structurale du trait (2012) Grivèlerie (2012) Intellection textique (2017) Intelligibilité structurale de la page (2018) Salut aux quatre coins (2019) |
Website | https://jeanricardou.org |
Jean Ricardou's complete works (L'Intégrale[5]) are posthumously published by the Belgian publisher Les Impressions nouvelles.[6]