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'''Raymond Roussel''' (January 20, 1877 - July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman.
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'''Raymond Roussel''' (1877-1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman.
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
(in French unless noted)
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* "Mon âme", 1897. A poem. {{fr}}
* "Mon âme", 1897. A poem.
 
* [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_La_doublure_1897.pdf|''La Doublure'']], Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. A novel in verse.
 
* ''La Seine'', 1900. A novel in verse.
 
* ''Chiquenaude'', 1900. A novel.
 
* "La vue", 1904. A poem.
 
* "Le concert", 1904. A poem.
 
* "La source", 1904. A poem.
 
  
* ''Impressions d'Afrique'', 1910.
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* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k109251c ''La Doublure''], Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897, [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_La_doublure_1897.pdf|PDF]], [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Roussel_-_La_Doublure,_1897.djvu WS]. A novel in verse. {{fr}}
** ''Eindrücke aus Afrika'', trans. Cajetan Freund, Munich: Matthes und Seitz, 1980. {{de}}
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* ''La Seine'', 1900. A novel in verse. {{fr}}
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* ''[http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Roussel_-_Chiquenaude,_1900.djvu Chiquenaude]'', Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1900. A novel. {{fr}}
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** ''Chiquenaude und andere Texte aus früher Jugend'', trans. Maximilian Gilleßen, Berlin: Zero Sharp, 2014, 109 pp. {{de}}
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* ''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k108427z La vue]'', Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1904, [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Roussel_-_La_Vue,_1904.djvu WS]. A poem. {{fr}}
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* "Le concert", 1904. A poem. {{fr}}
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* "La source", 1904. A poem. {{fr}}
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* ''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1092500 Impressions d'Afrique]'', Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1910, [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Roussel_-_Impressions_d_Afrique_(1910).djvu WS]. {{fr}}
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** ''Impressioni d'Africa'', Milan: Rizzoli, 1964, 271 pp; repr., intro. John Ashbery, Milan: Rizzoli, 1982, xix+267 pp. {{it}}
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** "Wrażenia z Afryki", Cezar Rowiński, ''Literatura na Świecie'' 41:9 (1979). Trans. of fragment. {{pl}}
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** ''Eindrücke aus Afrika'', trans. Cajetan Freund, illustr. Markus Raetz, afterw. Bernd Mattheus, Munich: Matthes und Seitz, 1980, 303 pp. {{de}}
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** ''Impresiones de Africa'', trans. Teresa Gallego and Isabel Reverte, Madrid: Siruela, 1990, xxxi+344 pp. Incl. "Cómo escribí algunos libros míos". {{es}}
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** ''Impressions d'Àfrica'', trans. Annie Bats and Ramon Lladó, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1992, 254 pp. {{ca}}
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** "Indrukken van Afrika", in Roussel, ''Indrukken van Afrika / Nieuwe indrukken van Afrika'', Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1996. {{nl}}
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** ''Afurika no inshō'' [アフリカの印象], trans. Kōji Okaya, 白水社, 2001, 347 pp. {{jp}}
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** ''Africké dojmy'', trans. Miroslav Drozd, Prague: Dauphin, 2009, 394 pp. {{cz}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''Impressions of Africa''], trans. & intro. Mark Polizzotti, Dalkey Archive Press, 2011, 280 pp. {{en}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''Impressions of Africa''], trans. & intro. Mark Polizzotti, Dalkey Archive Press, 2011, 280 pp. {{en}}
  
* [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_Locus_Solus_1914.pdf|''Locus Solus'']], 1914. A novel.
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* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k109252r ''Locus Solus''], Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1914, [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_Locus_Solus_1914.pdf|PDF]], [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Roussel_-_Locus_Solus,_1914.djvu WS]. A novel. {{fr}}
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** ''Locus solus'', trans. José Escué and Juan Alberto Ollé, Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1970, 305 pp. {{es}}
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** "Locus solus", in Roussel, ''Locus solus; seguito da, Come ho scritto alcuni miei libri'', ed. Paola Dècina Lombari, Torino: Einaudi, 1975. {{it}}
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** ''Locus Solus'', trans. Anna Wolicka, intro. Cezary Rowiński, Warsaw: Państ. Instytut Wydawn., 1979, 291 pp. {{pl}}
 
** ''Locus Solus'', trans. Cajetan Freund, 2nd ed., Frankfurt/M: Suhrkamp, 1983. {{de}}
 
** ''Locus Solus'', trans. Cajetan Freund, 2nd ed., Frankfurt/M: Suhrkamp, 1983. {{de}}
** ''Locus Solus. In der Druckfassung von 1914 und ergänzt durch Episoden aus der erstmals veröffentlichten Urfassung'', trans. & notes Stefan Zweifel, Berlin: Die andere Bibliothek, 2012. {{de}}
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** ''Locus Solus'', trans. & afterw. Torsten Ekbom, Stockholm: Författarförl., 1989, 293 pp. {{sw}}
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** ''Locus Solus'', trans. & afterw. Marij Elias, Amsterdam: Perdu, 1993, 351 pp. {{nl}}
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** ''Locus solus'', trans. Tahsin Yücel, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1994, 204 pp. {{tr}}
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** ''Locus Solus'', trans. Miroslav Drozd, Prague: Dauphin, 2002, 205 pp. {{cz}}
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** ''Rokusu sorusu'' [ロクス・ソルス ], trans. Okaya Kōji, Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2004, 387 pp. {{jp}}
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** ''Locus Solus'', trans. Lars Vissing, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2008, 273 pp. {{da}}
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** ''Locus Solus'', trans. Marcelo Cohen, Madrid: Capitán Swing, 2011. {{es}}
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** ''Locus Solus. In der Druckfassung von 1914 und ergänzt durch Episoden aus der erstmals veröffentlichten Urfassung'', trans. & comm. Stefan Zweifel, Berlin: Die andere Bibliothek, 2012, 487 pp. {{de}}
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** ''Locus solus'', trans. Joaquim Sala-Sanahuja, Palma, Mallorca: Lleonard Muntaner, 2012, 263 pp. {{ca}}
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** ''Locus solus'', trans. Isabel Soto and Xavier Senín, Santiago de Compostela Hugin e Munin, 2012, 292 pp. {{gl}}
  
* ''L'étoile au front'', 1925. A play.
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* ''Flio'', 1914.
** "Der Stern auf der Stirn", in Roussel, ''Die Prädestinierten. 2 Theaterstücke'', Munich: Hanser, 1978. {{de}}
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** ''Flio'', trans. Damián Tabarovsky, El Malentendido, 2003, 46 pp. {{es}}
  
* ''La Poussière de soleil'', 1926. A play.
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* ''L'étoile au front'', 1925. A play. {{fr}}
** "Sonnenstaub", in Roussel, ''Die Prädestinierten. 2 Theaterstücke'', Munich: Hanser, 1978. {{de}}
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** ''Der Stern auf der Stirn. Stück in 3 Akten'', trans. Klaus Völker, Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der Autoren, 1974, 96 pp; repr. as "Der Stern auf der Stirn", in Roussel, ''Die Prädestinierten. 2 Theaterstücke'', ed. Klaus Völker, Munich: Hanser, 1978. {{de}}
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** ''Hitai no hoshi; Musū no taiyō'' [額の星], 2001, 384 pp. {{jp}}
  
* ''Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique'', 1932. A poem of four cantos with 59 drawings by Henri-A. Zo.
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* ''La Poussière de soleil'', 1926. A play. {{fr}}
** ''Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique'', trans. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1980. {{fr/de}}
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** "Sonnenstaub", in Roussel, ''Die Prädestinierten. 2 Theaterstücke'', ed. Klaus Völker, Munich: Hanser, 1978. {{de}}
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** "Słoneczny pył", trans. Maryna Ochab, ''Literatura na Świecie'', 9-10 (1997), pp 31-177. [http://www.literaturanaswiecie.art.pl/archiwum.htm?ID5=409&ID=oferta] {{pl}}
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* ''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k108582f Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique]'', Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932. A poem of four cantos with 59 drawings by Henri-A. Zo. {{fr}}
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** ''Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique. Französisch/deutsch'', trans. & ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1980, 137 pp. {{fr}}/{{de}}
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** ''Novas impressões de África'', trans. Luiza Neto Jorge, intro. Manuel João Gomes, Lisbon: Fenda, 1988, 137 pp. {{pt}}
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** "Nieuwe indrukken van Afrika", in Roussel, ''Indrukken van Afrika / Nieuwe indrukken van Afrika'', Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1996. {{nl}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''New Impressions of Africa / Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique''], trans., intro. & notes Mark Ford, Princeton University Press, 2011, 260 pp. {{fr}}/{{en}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''New Impressions of Africa / Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique''], trans., intro. & notes Mark Ford, Princeton University Press, 2011, 260 pp. {{fr}}/{{en}}
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** ''Noves impressions d'Africa'', trans. Jordi Vintró, Barcelona: Labreu, 2014, 360 pp. {{ca}}
  
* ''Comment j'ai écrit certains de mes livres'', 1935.
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* ''Comment j'ai écrit certains de mes livres'', 1935. {{fr}}
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** ''Como escribí algunos libros mios'', intro. Michel Foucault, Barcelona: Tusquets, 1973, 66 pp. {{es}}
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** "Come ho scritto alcuni miei libri", in Roussel, ''Locus solus; seguito da, Come ho scritto alcuni miei libri'', ed. Paola Dècina Lombari, Torino: Einaudi, 1975. {{it}}
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** "Wie ich einige meiner Bücher geschrieben habe", in ''Raymond Roussel: ein Dokumentation'', ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1977. {{de}}
 
** ''How I Wrote Certain of my Books'', trans. Trevor Winkfield, 1995. {{en}} Contains a cross-section of his major writings, including Roussel's essay on how he composed his books, the first chapter of each of ''Impressions d'Afrique'' and ''Locus Solus'', the fifth act of a play, the third canto of ''New Impressions of Africa'' and all 59 of its drawings, and the outline for a novel Roussel apparently never wrote.
 
** ''How I Wrote Certain of my Books'', trans. Trevor Winkfield, 1995. {{en}} Contains a cross-section of his major writings, including Roussel's essay on how he composed his books, the first chapter of each of ''Impressions d'Afrique'' and ''Locus Solus'', the fifth act of a play, the third canto of ''New Impressions of Africa'' and all 59 of its drawings, and the outline for a novel Roussel apparently never wrote.
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** "Kuinka olen kirjoittanut eräitä kirjoistani", trans. Olli Sinivaara, ''Nuori Voima'' 6 (2004), pp 9-16. {{fi}}
  
* ''Parmi les noirs'', 1935.  
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* ''Parmi les noirs'', 1935. {{fr}}
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** "Unter den Schwarzen", in ''Raymond Roussel: ein Dokumentation'', ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1977. {{de}}
 
** ''Among the Blacks: Two Works'', 1988. {{en}}
 
** ''Among the Blacks: Two Works'', 1988. {{en}}
  
* ''In Havanna. Ein Romanfragment'', ed. & trans. Hanns Grössel, Frankfurt/M: Syndikat/EVA, 1984. {{de}}
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* "À la Havane", ''l'Arc'' 19, Aix-en-Provence, 1962, pp 37-47. {{fr}}
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** ''In Havanna: als Kanevas gedachte Dokumente. Ein Romanfragment'', ed., trans. & foreword Hanns Grössel, Frankfurt am Main: Qumran, 1982, 101 pp; Frankfurt am Main: Syndikat/EVA, 1984, 101 pp. {{de}}
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** "W Hawanie i Dokumenty mające służyć za kanwę", trans. Andrzej Sosnowski, ''Literatura na Świecie'', 9-10 (1997), pp 319-326. [http://www.literaturanaswiecie.art.pl/archiwum.htm?ID5=409&ID=oferta] {{pl}}
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** ''Dokumenty mające służyć za kanwę'', trans. Andrzej Sosnowski, Wrocław: Biuro Literackie, 2008, 73 pp. {{pl}}
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* ''Teatro'', intro. & trans. Brunella Schisa, Torino: Einaudi, 1982, xvii+208 pp. {{it}}
  
* ''Chiquenaude und andere Texte aus früher Jugend'', Berlin: Zero sharp 2014. {{de}}
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* ''Œuvres'', ed. Annie Le Brun, Paris: Pauvert, 1994. {{fr}}
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* Michel Foucault, ''Raymond Roussel'', Paris: Gallimard, May 1963, 212 pp, [[Media:Foucault_Michel_Raymond_Roussel_French.pdf|PDF]].
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* Michel Foucault, ''Raymond Roussel'', Paris: Gallimard, May 1963, 212 pp, [[Media:Foucault_Michel_Raymond_Roussel_French.pdf|PDF]]. {{fr}}
 
** ''Raymond Roussel'', trans. Patricio Canto, Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 1973; 1976, [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/1e858df6211a2c02e274aeafb7123bbf#1.099 ARG], [[Media:Foucault_Michel_Raymond_Roussel_Spanish.pdf|PDF]]. {{es}}
 
** ''Raymond Roussel'', trans. Patricio Canto, Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 1973; 1976, [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/1e858df6211a2c02e274aeafb7123bbf#1.099 ARG], [[Media:Foucault_Michel_Raymond_Roussel_Spanish.pdf|PDF]]. {{es}}
 
** "Schwelle und Schlüssel", trans. Hanns Grössel, in ''Raymond Roussel. Eine Dokumentation'', ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich, 1977, pp 122-131. {{de}}
 
** "Schwelle und Schlüssel", trans. Hanns Grössel, in ''Raymond Roussel. Eine Dokumentation'', ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich, 1977, pp 122-131. {{de}}
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** ''Raymond Roussel: Ölüm ve Labirent'', trans. Savaş Kılıç, Koç Üniversitesi, 2013, 162 pp. {{tr}}
 
** ''Raymond Roussel: Ölüm ve Labirent'', trans. Savaş Kılıç, Koç Üniversitesi, 2013, 162 pp. {{tr}}
  
* Michel Leiris, ''Roussel l’ingénu'', Fata Morgana, 1987; repr. in ''Roussel & Co'', 1998. Seven articles on Raymond Roussel from 1935-86.
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* Hanns Grössel (ed.), ''Raymond Roussel: ein Dokumentation'', Munich: Text und Kritik, 1977, 176 pp. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3707796] {{de}}
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* Michel Leiris, ''Roussel l’ingénu'', Fata Morgana, 1987; repr. in ''Roussel & Co'', 1998. Seven articles on Raymond Roussel from 1935-86. {{fr}}
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* Michel Leiris, ''Roussel & Co.'', eds. Jean Jamin and Annie Le Brun, Fata Morgana & Fayard, 1998. Contains ''Roussel l’ingénu'' (1987), correspondence with Roussel and a selection of texts. {{fr}}
  
* Michel Leiris, ''Roussel & Co.'', eds. Jean Jamin and Annie Le Brun, Fata Morgana & Fayard, 1998. Contains ''Roussel l’ingénu'' (1987), correspondence with Roussel and a selection of texts.
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* Mark Ford, ''Raymond Roussel and the Republic of Dreams'', foreword John Ashbery, 2000, 239 pp. A biography. {{en}} [http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/rousselr/mford.htm Reviews]. [http://bombmagazine.org/article/6260/translating-raymond-roussel]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 21:01, 5 July 2015

Born January 20, 1877(1877-01-20)
Paris, France
Died July 14, 1933(1933-07-14) (aged 56)
Palermo, Italy
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Raymond Roussel, age three, on a swan.

Raymond Roussel (1877-1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman.

Works

  • "Mon âme", 1897. A poem. (French)
  • La Doublure, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897, PDF, WS. A novel in verse. (French)
  • La Seine, 1900. A novel in verse. (French)
  • Chiquenaude, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1900. A novel. (French)
    • Chiquenaude und andere Texte aus früher Jugend, trans. Maximilian Gilleßen, Berlin: Zero Sharp, 2014, 109 pp. (German)
  • La vue, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1904, WS. A poem. (French)
  • "Le concert", 1904. A poem. (French)
  • "La source", 1904. A poem. (French)
  • Impressions d'Afrique, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1910, WS. (French)
    • Impressioni d'Africa, Milan: Rizzoli, 1964, 271 pp; repr., intro. John Ashbery, Milan: Rizzoli, 1982, xix+267 pp. (Italian)
    • "Wrażenia z Afryki", Cezar Rowiński, Literatura na Świecie 41:9 (1979). Trans. of fragment. (Polish)
    • Eindrücke aus Afrika, trans. Cajetan Freund, illustr. Markus Raetz, afterw. Bernd Mattheus, Munich: Matthes und Seitz, 1980, 303 pp. (German)
    • Impresiones de Africa, trans. Teresa Gallego and Isabel Reverte, Madrid: Siruela, 1990, xxxi+344 pp. Incl. "Cómo escribí algunos libros míos". (Spanish)
    • Impressions d'Àfrica, trans. Annie Bats and Ramon Lladó, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1992, 254 pp. (Catalan)
    • "Indrukken van Afrika", in Roussel, Indrukken van Afrika / Nieuwe indrukken van Afrika, Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1996. (Dutch)
    • Afurika no inshō [アフリカの印象], trans. Kōji Okaya, 白水社, 2001, 347 pp. (Japanese)
    • Africké dojmy, trans. Miroslav Drozd, Prague: Dauphin, 2009, 394 pp. (Czech)
    • Impressions of Africa, trans. & intro. Mark Polizzotti, Dalkey Archive Press, 2011, 280 pp. (English)
  • Locus Solus, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1914, PDF, WS. A novel. (French)
    • Locus solus, trans. José Escué and Juan Alberto Ollé, Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1970, 305 pp. (Spanish)
    • "Locus solus", in Roussel, Locus solus; seguito da, Come ho scritto alcuni miei libri, ed. Paola Dècina Lombari, Torino: Einaudi, 1975. (Italian)
    • Locus Solus, trans. Anna Wolicka, intro. Cezary Rowiński, Warsaw: Państ. Instytut Wydawn., 1979, 291 pp. (Polish)
    • Locus Solus, trans. Cajetan Freund, 2nd ed., Frankfurt/M: Suhrkamp, 1983. (German)
    • Locus Solus, trans. & afterw. Torsten Ekbom, Stockholm: Författarförl., 1989, 293 pp. (Swedish)
    • Locus Solus, trans. & afterw. Marij Elias, Amsterdam: Perdu, 1993, 351 pp. (Dutch)
    • Locus solus, trans. Tahsin Yücel, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1994, 204 pp. (Turkish)
    • Locus Solus, trans. Miroslav Drozd, Prague: Dauphin, 2002, 205 pp. (Czech)
    • Rokusu sorusu [ロクス・ソルス ], trans. Okaya Kōji, Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2004, 387 pp. (Japanese)
    • Locus Solus, trans. Lars Vissing, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2008, 273 pp. (Danish)
    • Locus Solus, trans. Marcelo Cohen, Madrid: Capitán Swing, 2011. (Spanish)
    • Locus Solus. In der Druckfassung von 1914 und ergänzt durch Episoden aus der erstmals veröffentlichten Urfassung, trans. & comm. Stefan Zweifel, Berlin: Die andere Bibliothek, 2012, 487 pp. (German)
    • Locus solus, trans. Joaquim Sala-Sanahuja, Palma, Mallorca: Lleonard Muntaner, 2012, 263 pp. (Catalan)
    • Locus solus, trans. Isabel Soto and Xavier Senín, Santiago de Compostela Hugin e Munin, 2012, 292 pp. (Galician)
  • Flio, 1914.
    • Flio, trans. Damián Tabarovsky, El Malentendido, 2003, 46 pp. (Spanish)
  • L'étoile au front, 1925. A play. (French)
    • Der Stern auf der Stirn. Stück in 3 Akten, trans. Klaus Völker, Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der Autoren, 1974, 96 pp; repr. as "Der Stern auf der Stirn", in Roussel, Die Prädestinierten. 2 Theaterstücke, ed. Klaus Völker, Munich: Hanser, 1978. (German)
    • Hitai no hoshi; Musū no taiyō [額の星], 2001, 384 pp. (Japanese)
  • La Poussière de soleil, 1926. A play. (French)
    • "Sonnenstaub", in Roussel, Die Prädestinierten. 2 Theaterstücke, ed. Klaus Völker, Munich: Hanser, 1978. (German)
    • "Słoneczny pył", trans. Maryna Ochab, Literatura na Świecie, 9-10 (1997), pp 31-177. [1] (Polish)
  • Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932. A poem of four cantos with 59 drawings by Henri-A. Zo. (French)
    • Nouvelles impressions d'Afrique. Französisch/deutsch, trans. & ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1980, 137 pp. (French)/(German)
    • Novas impressões de África, trans. Luiza Neto Jorge, intro. Manuel João Gomes, Lisbon: Fenda, 1988, 137 pp. (Portuguese)
    • "Nieuwe indrukken van Afrika", in Roussel, Indrukken van Afrika / Nieuwe indrukken van Afrika, Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 1996. (Dutch)
    • New Impressions of Africa / Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique, trans., intro. & notes Mark Ford, Princeton University Press, 2011, 260 pp. (French)/(English)
    • Noves impressions d'Africa, trans. Jordi Vintró, Barcelona: Labreu, 2014, 360 pp. (Catalan)
  • Comment j'ai écrit certains de mes livres, 1935. (French)
    • Como escribí algunos libros mios, intro. Michel Foucault, Barcelona: Tusquets, 1973, 66 pp. (Spanish)
    • "Come ho scritto alcuni miei libri", in Roussel, Locus solus; seguito da, Come ho scritto alcuni miei libri, ed. Paola Dècina Lombari, Torino: Einaudi, 1975. (Italian)
    • "Wie ich einige meiner Bücher geschrieben habe", in Raymond Roussel: ein Dokumentation, ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1977. (German)
    • How I Wrote Certain of my Books, trans. Trevor Winkfield, 1995. (English) Contains a cross-section of his major writings, including Roussel's essay on how he composed his books, the first chapter of each of Impressions d'Afrique and Locus Solus, the fifth act of a play, the third canto of New Impressions of Africa and all 59 of its drawings, and the outline for a novel Roussel apparently never wrote.
    • "Kuinka olen kirjoittanut eräitä kirjoistani", trans. Olli Sinivaara, Nuori Voima 6 (2004), pp 9-16. (Finnish)
  • Parmi les noirs, 1935. (French)
    • "Unter den Schwarzen", in Raymond Roussel: ein Dokumentation, ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1977. (German)
    • Among the Blacks: Two Works, 1988. (English)
  • "À la Havane", l'Arc 19, Aix-en-Provence, 1962, pp 37-47. (French)
    • In Havanna: als Kanevas gedachte Dokumente. Ein Romanfragment, ed., trans. & foreword Hanns Grössel, Frankfurt am Main: Qumran, 1982, 101 pp; Frankfurt am Main: Syndikat/EVA, 1984, 101 pp. (German)
    • "W Hawanie i Dokumenty mające służyć za kanwę", trans. Andrzej Sosnowski, Literatura na Świecie, 9-10 (1997), pp 319-326. [2] (Polish)
    • Dokumenty mające służyć za kanwę, trans. Andrzej Sosnowski, Wrocław: Biuro Literackie, 2008, 73 pp. (Polish)
  • Teatro, intro. & trans. Brunella Schisa, Torino: Einaudi, 1982, xvii+208 pp. (Italian)
  • Œuvres, ed. Annie Le Brun, Paris: Pauvert, 1994. (French)

Literature

  • Michel Foucault, Raymond Roussel, Paris: Gallimard, May 1963, 212 pp, PDF. (French)
    • Raymond Roussel, trans. Patricio Canto, Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 1973; 1976, ARG, PDF. (Spanish)
    • "Schwelle und Schlüssel", trans. Hanns Grössel, in Raymond Roussel. Eine Dokumentation, ed. Hanns Grössel, Munich, 1977, pp 122-131. (German)
    • Raymond Roussel, Bologna: Cappelli, 1978, 175 pp; ed. & intro. Massimiliano Guareschi, Verona: Ombre corte, 2001, 188 pp. (Italian)
    • Death and the Labyrinth: the World of Raymond Roussel, trans. Charles Ruas, Athlone, 1987, 186 pp; Continuum, 2007, 227 pp, ARG, PDF. (English)
    • Raymond Roussel, trans. Renate Hörisch-Helligrath, Frankfurt am Main, 1989. (German)
    • Raymond Roussel, trans. Manoel Barros da Motta and Vera Lúcia Avellar Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro: Forense Universitária, 1999. (Brazilian Portuguese)
    • Rēmon Rūseru [レーモン・ルーセル], trans. Toyosaki Koichi (豊崎光一), Hōseidaigaku shuppan-kyoku (法政大学出版局), 2000. (Japanese)
    • Raymond Roussel, trans. Grzegorz Wilczyński, Warsaw: KR, 2001. (Polish)
    • Raymond Roussel, trans. Josef Fulka, Herrmann & synové, 2006, 203 pp, PDF. (Czech)
    • Raymond Roussel: Ölüm ve Labirent, trans. Savaş Kılıç, Koç Üniversitesi, 2013, 162 pp. (Turkish)
  • Hanns Grössel (ed.), Raymond Roussel: ein Dokumentation, Munich: Text und Kritik, 1977, 176 pp. [3] (German)
  • Michel Leiris, Roussel l’ingénu, Fata Morgana, 1987; repr. in Roussel & Co, 1998. Seven articles on Raymond Roussel from 1935-86. (French)
  • Michel Leiris, Roussel & Co., eds. Jean Jamin and Annie Le Brun, Fata Morgana & Fayard, 1998. Contains Roussel l’ingénu (1987), correspondence with Roussel and a selection of texts. (French)
  • Mark Ford, Raymond Roussel and the Republic of Dreams, foreword John Ashbery, 2000, 239 pp. A biography. (English) Reviews. [4]

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