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'''Pierre Senges''' (born 1968, [[Romans-sur-Isère]]) is a French writer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Loret|first1=Eric|title=Figures implosées|url=http://www.liberation.fr/livres/2006/09/07/figures-implosees_50490|accessdate=10 July 2015|publisher=Liberation|date=7 September 2006}}</ref> His work includes nineteen books, numerous essays published in literary journals, and over seventy plays for radio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierre Senges|url=http://www.m-e-l.fr/pierre-senges,ec,719|website=Maison des écrivains et de la littérature|accessdate=28 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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His books are sometimes noted for having a baroque prose style.<ref>{{cite web|title=La solitude du lapin rose mais aussi Belzébuth et autres démons de second ordre|url=http://www.franceinter.fr/emission-nuits-noires-la-solitude-du-lapin-rose-mais-aussi-belzebuth-et-autres-demons-de-second-ordr|website=Nuits Noires|date=10 November 2014 |publisher=France Inter|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref> They frequently combine erudition, intertextuality, and invention (''Fragments of Lichtenberg'', ''The Major Refutation'') or play on the relation between historically true and fictional elements (''Les carnets de Gordon McGuffin'' and ''Essais fragiles d’aplomb'').<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lançon|first1=Philippe|title=La vie rêvée de Senges|url=http://www.liberation.fr/livres/2008/04/17/la-vie-revee-de-senges_69808|accessdate=10 July 2015|publisher=Liberation|date=17 April 2008}}</ref> Several of Senges's books and essays have been translated and published in English, including ''Fragments of Lichtenberg'', ''Ahab (Sequels)'', ''The Major Refutation'', ''Geometry in the Dust'', and ''Studies of Silhouettes''.<br />
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Senges' radio plays (''fictions radiophoniques'') have been produced by [[France Culture]] and [[France Inter]].<ref>{{cite web|title=La solitude du lapin rose mais aussi Belzébuth et autres démons de second ordre|url=http://www.franceinter.fr/emission-nuits-noires-la-solitude-du-lapin-rose-mais-aussi-belzebuth-et-autres-demons-de-second-ordr|website=Nuits Noires|date=10 November 2014 |publisher=France Inter|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Author page|url=http://www.franceculture.fr/personne-pierre-senges.html|website=France Culture|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref> He has been the recipient of the following prizes: the [[Prix Wepler]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Le prix Wepler 2015 pour Pierre Senges (et le capitaine Achab)|url=http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/sur-le-sentier-des-prix/20151109.OBS9098/le-prix-wepler-2015-pour-pierre-senges-et-le-capitaine-achab.html|website=Bibliobs|date=9 November 2015 |accessdate=28 December 2016}}</ref> the Prix SACD Nouveau Talent Radio in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=La SACD récompense les auteurs de l'année 2007|url=http://www.sacd.fr/La-SACD-recompense-les-auteurs-de-l-annee-2007.1191.0.html|website=SACD|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref> the Grand prix de la fiction radiophonique de la SGDL in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Prix SGDL de la fiction radiophonique|url=http://www.sgdl.org/culturel/les-prix-sgdl/grands-prix/844-grand-prix-sgdl-de-la-fiction-radiophonique|website=Societe des gens de lettres|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref> the Prix du deuxième roman,<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierre Senges|website=Maison des écrivains et de la littérature}}</ref> the Prix Rhône-Alpes,<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierre Senges|url=http://auteurs.arald.org/Pierre_Senges|website=Auteurs en Rhone-Alpes|accessdate=28 December 2016}}</ref> and the Prix meilleure page 111.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierre Senges, meilleure page 111 de l'année 2015|url=http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/pierre-senges-meilleure-page-111-de-lannee-2015|website=Livreshebdo|accessdate=28 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
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=== Books ===<br />
* ''Veuves au maquillage'', Éditions Verticales, 2000 ; Points Seuil. Prix Rhône-Alpes<br />
* ''Essais fragiles d’aplomb'' (essay), Verticales, coll. Minimales, 2002<br />
* ''Ruines-de-Rome'', Verticales, 2002 ; Points Seuil. Prix du deuxième roman 2003<br />
* ''La réfutation majeure : version française, d'après Réfutatio major, attribué à [[Antonio de Guevara]] (1480-1548)'', Verticales, 2004, (Gallimard, Folio 4647, 2007)<br />
** ''The Major Refutation: English version of Refutatio major, attributed to Antonio de Guevara (1480–1545)'', translated by Jacob Siefring, Contra Mundum Press, Dec 2016<ref>{{Cite book|last=Senges|first=Pierre|title=The major refutation : English version of Refutatio Major attributed to Antonio de Guevara (1480-1545)|date=2016|others=Antonio de,? Guevara, Jacob Siefring|isbn=978-1-940625-20-1|location=[New York]|oclc=1020460719}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=THE MAJOR REFUTATION {{!}} Contra Mundum Press|url=https://www.contramundumpress.com/the-major-refutation|access-date=2021-07-01|website=ContraMundumPress|language=it}}</ref><br />
* ''Géométrie dans la poussière'', illustrations by [[Patrice Killoffer]], Verticales, 2004<br />
** ''Geometry in the Dust'', illustrations by [[Patrice Killoffer]], translated by Jacob Siefring, Inside the Castle, Apr 2019<ref>{{cite book|last1=Senges|first1=Pierre|title=Geometry in the Dust|publisher=Inside the Castle|isbn=978-1732797123|url=http://www.insidethecastle.org/geometry-in-the-dust/|date=2019-04-22}}</ref><br />
* ''L’idiot et les hommes de paroles'' (essai), Bayard, 2005<br />
* ''Sort l'assassin, entre le spectre'', Verticales, 2006<br />
* ''Fragments de Lichtenberg'', Verticales, 2008<br />
** ''Fragments of Lichtenberg'', translated by Gregory Flanders, Dalkey Archive Press, Jan 2017<ref>{{cite book|last1=Senges|first1=Pierre|title=Fragments of Lichtenberg|publisher=Dalkey Archive Press|isbn=978-1-62897-046-3|url=http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/product/fragments-of-lichtenberg/|year=2016}}</ref><br />
* ''Les carnets de Gordon McGuffin'', illustrated by [[Nicolas de Crécy]], Futuropolis, 2008.<br />
* ''Les aventures de Percival : un conte phylogénétique'', illustrated by Nicolas de Crécy, Dis voir, 2009<br />
** ''The Adventures of Percival: A Phylogenetic Tale'', translated by Paul Buck and Catherine Petit, Dis voir, 2009<br />
* ''Etudes de silhouettes'', Verticales, March 2010<br />
** ''Studies of Silhouettes'', trans. Jacob Siefring, Sublunary Editions, Nov 2020<ref>{{Cite book|last=Senges|first=Pierre|title=Studies of silhouettes|date=2020|isbn=978-1-7349766-2-5|location=Seattle, WA|oclc=1230218875}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sublunary Editions {{!}} Independent Publisher|url=https://sublunaryeditions.com/books/studies-of-silhouettes|access-date=2021-07-01|website=sublunaryeditions.com}}</ref><br />
* ''Environs et mesures'', Gallimard, « Le Cabinet des lettrés », April 2011<br />
* ''Falstaff : apothéose'' (essay), 2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=Numéro 134 - mars 2012 |url=https://lesecrits.ca/produit/numero-134/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Les écrits |language=fr-FR}}</ref><br />
** ''Falstaff: Apotheosis'', trans. Jacob Siefring, Sublunary Editions, 2019<br />
* ''Zoophile contant fleurette'', Cadex, April 2012<br />
* ''Achab (séquelles)'', Verticales, August 2015<br />
** ''Ahab (Sequels)'', trans. Jacob Siefring & Tegan Raleigh, Contra Mundum, Nov 2021<br />
* ''Cendres des hommes et des bulletins'', illustrated by Sergio Aquindo, Le Tripode, September 2016<br />
* ''Projectiles au sens propre'', Verticales, January 2020<br />
* ''Rabelais's Doughnuts: Selected Short Writings'', trans. Jacob Siefring, Sublunary Editions, February 2022<ref>{{Cite book |last=Senges |first=Pierre |title=Rabelais's doughnuts |date=2022 |others=Jacob Siefring |isbn=978-1-955190-99-2 |location=Seattle, WA |oclc=1308977892}}</ref><br />
* ''Épître aux wisigoths'', Éditions José Corti, 2023<br />
* ''Un long silence interrompu par le cri d'un griffon'', Verticales, 2023<br />
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=== Selected radio plays ===<br />
* ''Un immense fil d’une heure de temps'', directed by Marguerie Gateau, 2007<br />
* ''Histoire de Bouvard et Pécuchet, copistes'', adaption of the book by Gustave Flaubert, with Dominique Pinon and Philippe Magnan, directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2009<br />
* ''Proxima du Centaure'' (Radio fiction pamphlet), Lansman, March 2010<br />
* ''Les Évasions de Boris Anacrouse'', directed by Alexandre Plank, 2010<br />
* ''Rumeurs autour d'une Encyclopédie du silence'', directed by Laure Egoroff, 2012<br />
* ''Le Discret et le Continu'', directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2016<br />
* ''La Maison Winchester'', directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2017<br />
* ''Comment faire disparaître une ombre'', directed by Jean-Matthieu Zahnd, 2019<br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
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* 2000: Prix Rhône-Alpes, for ''Veuves au maquillage''<br />
* 2003: Prix du deuxième roman, for ''Ruines-de-Rome''<br />
* 2007: Prix SACD Nouveau Talent Radio<br />
* 2008: Grand prix de la fiction radiophonique de la SGDL'', for Un immense fil d'une heure de temps''<br />
* 2015: [[Prix Wepler|Prix Wepler-Fondation La Poste]], for ''Achab (séquelles)''<br />
* 2015: Prix de la Page 111, for ''Achab (séquelles)''<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.editions-verticales.com/auteurs_fiche.php?id=84&rubrique=4 Author page at Editions Verticales]<br />
* [http://remue.net/spip.php?mot653 Pierre Senges discussed at remue.net]<br />
* [http://remue.net/spip.php?article4196 Audio recording of interview with Laurent Demanze] <br />
* [http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/ruines-de-rome_805992.html Review of ''Ruines-de-Rome'' by the magazine Lire]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150419212643/http://lmda.net/din/tit_lmda.php?Id=58394 Review of ''Fragments de Lichtenberg'' by Matricule des Anges]<br />
* [http://intranslation.brooklynrail.org/french/geometry-in-the-dust Translated excerpt from ''Geometry in the Dust'']<br />
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