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His texts presents some early work in the themes of the "absurdity of existence" and "sensibilities". Sometimes grotesque or misunderstood (remember the famous "Merdre!", meaning something like "Shit!"), he put his mark on a science called "Pataphysics".

Jarry wrote:

If you let a coin fall and it falls, the next time it is just by an infinite coincidence that it will fall again the same way; hundreds of other coins on other hands will follow this pattern in an infinitely unimaginable fashion.

French authors Raymond Queneau, Jean Genet, Boris VianBoris Vian ( March 10, 1920 June 23, 1959) was a French writer, poet, singer, and musician, who also wrote under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan . He was born in Ville-d'Avray, near Paris, and educated at the Ecole Centrale Paris. His works were often highl and Jean Ferry have described themselves as following the Pataphysical tradition.

He died of alcoholism and tuberculosis in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to on November 1, 1907 and was interred in the Cimetière de BagneuxLocated to the southwest of the city of Paris, France, the Cimetiere de Bagneux is located at 44, avenue Marx-Dormoy, in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine. Opened in 1886, it was the burial place of Oscar Wilde until his remains were moved to Pere Lachaise Cemete, near Paris.

Plays include:

• Ubu Roi (English: Ubu The King, King Turd) written at age 14 as a puppetA puppet is any controlled character, whether formed by a shadow, strings, by the use of a glove, by direct mechanical contrivance (for example a cable-controlled figure for film or TV) or electronic guidance (such as a radio or infrared remote controller play
• Ubu cocu (Ubu Cuckolded), Ubu enchaíné (Ubu Bound)

Novels:

• Le Surmale (English: The Supermale)
• Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien (English: Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician)
• (others)

Other notable works:

• Short story, "The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race", has been widely circulated and imitated, notably by J.G. Ballard

is there really a movement called Jarivism, or is that just a joke by Jan Brusse ?

External links

• Ubu Roi (French)
• Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien (French)
• College of Pataphysics (French)