Robert Pinget (Geneva, July 19 1919 - Tours, August 25 1997) was a major avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several difficult novels and other prose pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major Modernist writers.

A translation of one of his best known works, The Inquisitory (1962), was recently republished by the Dalkey Archive Press.

Bibliography

Novels

• Entre Fantoine et Agapa , (Jarnac, Ed. Tour de Feu, 1951), Ed. de Minuit (tr. Between Fantoine and Agapa , 1982)
• Mahu ou le matériau , (Paris, Robert Laffont, 1952), Ed. de Minuit (tr. Mahu of The Material , 1966, 2005)
• Le Renard et la boussole , (Paris, Gallimard, 1953), Ed. de Minuit
• Graal flibuste , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1956
• Baga , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1958 (tr. Baga , 1984)
• Lettre morte , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959
• La Manivelle , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1960
• Clope au dossier , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
• Ici ou ailleurs , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
• Architruc , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
• L'Hypothèse , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1961
• Le Fiston , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1959
• L'Inquisitoire , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1962 (tr. The Inquisitory , 1982, 2003)
• Autour de Mortin , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1965
• Quelqu'un, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1965 (tr. Someone , 1984)
• Le Libera, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1968 (tr. The Libera Me Domine , 1978)
• Passacaille, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1969 (tr. Passacaglia, 1978)
• Identité, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1971
• Abel et Bela , Ed. de Minuit, 1971, (Acte Sud, coll. "Répliques", 1992) (tr. Abel and Bela , 1987)
• Fable, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1971 (tr. Fable, 1980)
• Paralchimie , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1973
• Nuit, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1973
• Cette Voix , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1975 (tr. That Voice , 1982)
• L'Apocryphe , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1980 (tr. The Apocrypha , 1986)
• Monsieur Songe , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1982 (tr. Monsieur Songe , 1988)
• Le Harnais, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1984
• Charrue, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1985
• Un Testament bizarre , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1986 (tr. A Bizarre Will , 1989)
• L'Ennemi, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1987 (tr. The Enemy, 1991)
• Du Nerf, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1990 (tr. Be Brave , 1994)
• Cette Chose , de Robert Pinget et Jean Deyrolle, Paris, Deyrolle éditeur, (1967), 1990
• Théo ou le temps neuf, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1991 (tr. Theo or The New Era , 1994)
• L'Affaire Ducreux et autres textes , Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1995
• Tâches d'encre, Paris , Ed. de Minuit, 1997 (tr. Traces of Ink , 2000)

Criticism in English

• , by Robert Henkels, 1977

External links

• Obituary in English
• Biography, in French
• A comprehensive web site in French