RE: [microsound] Oulipo

[Dominic Lanzone <dubvurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yeah, the idea of translating The Void kind of astounds me too, actually.
been thinking alot about litereary translation lately. 
want to read the new traslation of Quoxte. 
i was the only english speaker at the last two jobs that i worked at, one
primarily Korean and the other primarily El Salvadoran Spanish, and it's
given me a greatly enhanced appreciation of the strange intermediary
pidgins that get created between languages. 
so very OT as usual. sorry, ian did not attach his off list addy. 

~Dominico "el gringo grande loco" Lanzone








> >a (mostly? for some reason i thought Borges, Cortazar, and Calvino had
some
> involvement but maybe i'm just lumping them in associatively ) French
> literary group
>
> Yes, Calvino was involved with Oulipo, but not Cortazar or Borges as far
as 
> I know, despite certain affinities. While most of the well-known members 
> have been French (Perec, Queneau, Roubaud), the American Harry Mathews is 
> also a member. Since much of Oulipo's experimentation plays with
language, 
> Mathews might be a good starting point, although I still find it
astounding 
> that someone managed to translate Perec's A Void (which doesn't use the 
> letter 'E' once) and his Exeter Texts (which doesn't use any other vowel).
> best,
> Ian




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