Ian Monk
Ian Monk (born 1960) is a British writer and translator, based somewhere in France.[1]
Biography
[edit]Since 1998, he has been a member of the French writing group Oulipo.[1] 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 Daniel Pennac,[2] several works by his fellow Oulipian Georges Perec, and a rhymed translation of Raymond Roussel's New Impressions of Africa (Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique).[3] 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 (Contre-mur).[4] He won the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2004 for his translation of Monsieur Malaussène by Daniel Pennac.
Original works
[edit]- 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, bilingual ebook, 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)
- 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 Mesure du volailler (or Poulter's Measure), n° 242, 2023
- Canzone, La Bibliothèque oulipienne, n° 222, 2015
- Le Monde des nonines, (with Michèle Audin) 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)
- All That is Evident is Suspect: Readings from the Oulipo 1963-2018, McSweeney's, 2018
Selected Translations
[edit]- Frédéric Forte: Minute Operas (Opéras Minute), en collaboration, Burning Deck, 2014
- Georges Perec / Oulipo: Winter Journeys (Le Voyage d'hiver & ses suites), Atlas Press, 2013
- Jacques Roubaud: Mathematics: (Mathématique :) Dalkey Archive, 2012
- Hervé Le Tellier: A Thousand Thoughts (Les amnésiques n'ont rien vécu d'inoubliable), Dalkey Archive, 2011
- Yannick Haenel: The Messenger (Jan Karski), Text Publishing Company, 2010
- Raymond Roussel: New Impressions of Africa (Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique), Atlas Press, 2005
- Marie Darrieussecq: White (White), Faber, 2005
- Marie Darrieussecq: A Brief Stay with the Living (Bref séjour chez les vivants), Faber, 2005
- Camille Laurens: In Those Arms (Dans ces bras-là), Bloomsbury, 2005
- Daniel Pennac: Monsieur Malaussène (Monsieur Malaussène), Harvill, 2003
- Mathieu Ricard / Trinh Xuan Thuan: 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
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b (in French) Ian Monk, Oulipo website (retrieved 29 december 2013).
- ^ Write to Kill by Daniel Pennac, on Publishers Weekly (retrieved 29 december 2013).
- ^ New Impressions of Africa Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, on Atlas press website (retrieved 29 december 2013).
- ^ For some examples of his purely French writings, see the Oulipo link below.
External links
[edit]- 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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