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Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1873 - 1907

Biography

Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), French symbolist writer, best known for his play Ubu Roi.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Jean-Pierre Faure collection on Raymond Queneau and pataphysics

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1010
Abstract: Collection consists of correspondence and printed and other materials relating to Raymond Queneau and the Collège de 'Pataphysique. There are separate correspondence files for Queneau and Jean-Pierre Faure from members of the Collège de 'Pataphysique and others. The bulk of the correspondence to Queneau, received during his tenure with the Collège as "Transcendental Satrap" from the early 1950s to early 1970s, is from Jean-Hugues Sainmont, pseudonym of Emmanuel Peillet. Other...
Dates: 1901-2003, bulk 1950-2000

National Ubu Roi Bake-Off collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1145
Abstract:

The National Ubu Roi Bake-Off Collection consists of thirty-six plays written during a grassroots event organized by the playwright Paula Vogel. The event took place on President's Day, February 19, 2018.

Dates: 2018

Norman Holmes Pearson Collection of “Art for the Wrong Reason”

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1031
Scope and Contents: The collection contains sixty-three sketches, drawings, paintings, and prints acquired by Yale faculty member Norman Holmes Pearson not for their aesthetic or artistic merit, but because they were created by poets and other authors; he titled his collection “Art for the Wrong Reason.” The works were executed in crayon, gouache, graphite, ink, charcoal, oil, and watercolor on paper, board, canvas, and panel, by fifty-three writers including E. E. Cummings, George Du Maurier, Victor Hugo, D....
Dates: 1833-1979

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