Wat werkjes van meneer:
Novels
Baal Babylone (1959) (Baal Babylon, ed. Grove Press, New York, 1960; ed. Luchterhand, Berlin, 1960; ed. Lerici, Milan, 1960; Ed. De Bezige Bis, Amsterdam, 1972).
L'enterrement de la sardine, ed. Julliard, 1961 (The Burial of the Sardine, ed. Calder and Boyars, London, 1966; El entierro de la sardina, Barcelona, Destino, 1984).
Fêtes et rites de la confusion, ed. Alfaguara, Madrid, Barcelona, 1966. (Riten und Feste der Konfusion, ed. Joseph Melzer, Stuttgart, 1969).
La Tour prends garde, ed. Grasset, Paris 1983. (La torre herida por el rayo, Barcelona, Destino, 1983; Destino libro, 1984; Círculo de Lectores, 1984; A Torre ferida pelo Raio, ed. Inquirito, Lisboa, 1982; Hohe Türme trifft der Blitz, ed. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Colonia, 1986; The Tower Struck by Lightning, ed. Viking, New York, 1988).
La Reverdie, ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris, 1985.
La vierge rouge, ed. Acropole, Paris, 1986 (La virgen roja, Barcelona, Seix Barral, 1987; A Virgen Vermelha, ed. Dom Quixote, Lisboa, 1987; A Virgen Vermelha, ed. Nova Frontera, Botafogo, 1988; Die rote Jungfrau, ed. Steidl, Göttingen, 1990; The Red Virgin, Penguin Books, New York, London, 1993).
La fille de King-Kong ed. Acropole, Paris, 1988 (La hija de King Kong, Barcelona, Seix Barral, 1988;
L' extravagante croisade d'un castrat amoureux, ed. Ramsay, Paris, 1989 (La extravagante cruzada de un castrado enamorado, Barcelona, Seix Barral, 1990).
La tueuse du jardin d'hiver, ed. Écriture, Paris, 1994
Le funambule de Dieu, ed. Écriture, Paris, 1998
Porté disparu, ed. Plon, Paris, 2000
Champagne pour tous, ed. Stock, Paris, 2002.
Artist's books
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has created over seven hundred artists' books with Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Roland Topor, Julius Baltazar, Antonio Saura, Olivier O. Olivier, Maxime Godard, Jean Cortot, Camacho, Ralph Gibson, Enrico Baj, Gustavo Charif, Milan Kundera, Michel Houellebecq and many others.
’’1975 L'odeur de Sainteté, (Ed. Yves Rivière, Paris). With Antonio Saura. 2 copies.
’’1980 Cinq sonnets, cincq eaux-fortes, (Ed. André Biren, Paris). With Balthazar. 80 copies.
’’1991 Sous le flux libertin, (Ed. Robert et Lydie Dutrou, Paris). With Jean Cortot.
’’2004 Lettres, (Ed. Menu, Cuenca). With Milan Kundera and Gustavo Charif. 40 copies.
’’2004 Triptyque, (Ed. Menú, Cuenca). With Catherine Millet and Michel Houellebecq. 36 copies.
Poetry
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has published over one hundred poetry collections. His books include:
1963: La pierre de la folie, (Ed. Julliard, Paris).
1965: Cent sonnets, (Ed. El Ultimo Parnaso, Saragossa).
1985: Humbles paradis, (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1993
Liberté couleur de femme ou Adieu Babylone, Poèmes cinématographiques, (Ed. Rougerie, Mortemart).
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esques - Lettres à Julius Baltazar, (Ed. Rougerie, Mortemart).
1997: Diez poemas pánicos y un cuento, (Ed. Caja Sur y Rute, Córdoba). are “La Pierre de la folie” (ed. Julliard, Paris, 1963) and "Humbles paradis" (ed. Christian Bourgois, 1985).
Plays
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has published over one hundred plays in nineteen volumes, performed around the world. His plays include, with selected translations noted:
1952
Le toit (unpublished).
Le Char de foin (unpublished).
La blessure incurable (unpublished).
1958
Oraison (Ed. Julliard, Paris) (Plays, Vol. 1. (Orison, etc. Trad. de Barbara Wright, London, Calder and Boyars, 1962); (Orazione, etc., ed. Lerici, Milan, 1962).
Les deux bourreaux (Ed. Julliard, Paris) (The two executioners, tr. Richard Howard, New York, Grove Press, 1960); (Plays, Vol. 1. The Two Executioners, etc., tr. Barbara Wright, London, Calder and Boyars,1962); (I due Carnefici, etc., ed. Lerici, Milan, 1962).
Fando et Lis (Ed. Julliard, Paris) (Plays, Vol. 1. (Fando and Lis, etc) tr. Barbara Wright, London, Calder and Boyars,1962
Le cimetière des voitures (Ed. Julliard, Paris) (The Automobile Graveyard, tr. de Richard Howard, N. Y. Grove Press, 1960) (Plays, Vol. 1. The Car Cemetery, etc). tr. Barbara Wright, London, Calder and Boyars,1962); (Automobil Kirkegaarden, Ed. Arena, Copenhagen, 1964).
1961
Guernica (Ed. Julliard, Paris); (Plays, Vol 2. (Guernica, etc., tr. Barbara Wright. London, Calder and Boyars, 1967).
Le labyrinthe (Ed. Julliard, Paris); (Plays, Vol 2. The Labyrinth, etc., tr. Barbara Wright. London, Calder and Boyars, 1967).
Le tricycle (Ed. Julliard, Paris); (Plays, Vol 2., The Tricycle, etc. tr. Barbara Wright. London, Calder and Boyars, 1967); (The Tricycle. Tr. David Herzberger, Modern International Drama, 9.2., 1976, 65-91).
Pique-nique en campagne (Ed. Julliard, Paris). (Picnic on the Battlefield, tr. James Hewitt, Evergreen Review 4.15, 1960, 76-90); (Pic-nic, etc. ed. Lerici, Milan, 1962); (Plays, Vol 2., Picnic on the Battlefield, etc., tr. Barbara Wright. London, Calder and Boyars, 1967).
La bicyclette du condamné (Ed. Julliard, Paris); (Plays, Vol 2.,The Condemned Man's Bicycle, etc., tr. Barbara Wright. London, Calder and Boyars, 1967).
1965
Le grand cérémonial (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (Plays, Vol. 3, The Grand Ceremonial, etc., tr. Jean Benedetti,. London: Calder and Boyars, 1970).
Cérémonie pour un noir assassiné (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Cérémonie pour une chèvre et un nuage (Ed. Daily Bul).
1966
Le couronnement (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Concert dans un oeuf (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1967
L'architecte et l'empereur d'Assyrie (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (De Architekt en de Keiser van Assyrië, ed. Uitgeverij de Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1969); (Plays, Vol. 3, The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria, tr. Jean Benedetti, London, Calder and Boyars, 1970); (The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria, tr. Everard d'Harnoncourt and Adele Shank. New York: Grove Press, 1969); (Der Architekt und der Kaiser von Assyrien, ed. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Berlin, 1971); (O Arquitecto e o Imperador da Assiria, ed. Desta, Sao-Paulo, 1976).
Les amours impossibles (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (Impossible Lovers, etc., tr. Bettina Knapp, The Drama Review 13, 1968, 71-86).
Les quatre cubes (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La communion solennelle (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (First Communion, tr. Michel Benedikt, Modern Spanish Theatre, pp. 309-317. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1968); (Solemn Communion, etc., tr. Bettina Knapp, The Drama Review 13, 1968, 71-86); (Plays, Vol. 3, The Solemn Communion, etc., tr. John Calder. London: Calder and Boyars, 1970).
Streap-tease de la jalousie (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (Striptease of Jealousy, etc., tr. Bettina Knapp, The Drama Review 13, 1968, 71-86).
La jeunesse illustrée (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Dieu est-il devenu fou ? (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Une tortue nomée Dostoiëwsky
1968
Le jardin des délices (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (Garden of Delights, tr. Helen Gary Bishop and Tom Bishop, New York, Grove Press, 1974).
Bestialité érotique (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Une tortue nommée Dostoïevski (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Théâtre choisi (4 volumes en japonais) (Ed. Shichosha, Tokyo).
1969
...Et ils passèrent des menottes aux fleurs (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris); (And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, tr. Charles Marowitz, New York, Grove Press, 1973).
L'aurore rouge et noire (Groupuscule de mon coeur; Tous les parfums d'Arabie; Sous les pavés la plage; Les fillettes) (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Le lai de Barrabas (Le couronnement), (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1970
Happening at the Théâtre Plaisance in Paris in February (Grand-Guignol).
1972
Ars Amandi (opéra "Panique") (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Dieu tenté par les mathématiques (opéra "Panique"), (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Le ciel et la merde (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La grande revue du XXe siècle (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1975
Jeunes barbares d'aujourd'hui (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1976
La guerre de mille ans (Bella Ciao) (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Sur le fil ou la ballade du train fantôme (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1978
La tour de Babel (Oyez Patria mi affliccion) (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La marche royale (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Une orange sur le mont de Vénus (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La gloire en images (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Vole-moi un petit milliard, (Théâtre Bouffe) (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Le pastaga des loufs ou Ouverture Orang-outan, (Théâtre Bouffe) (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Punk et punk et colégram (Théâtre Bouffe) (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1979
Inquisición (Ed. Don Quijote, Granada).
1980
Mon doux royaume saccagé (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Le roi de Sodome (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Le ciel et la merde II (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1982
L'extravagante réussite de Jésus-Christ, Karl Marx et William Shakespeare (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Lève-toi et rêve (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1983
Le cheval-jument ou hommage à John Kennedy T.
1984
Les délices de la chair (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La ville dont le prince était une princesse (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1985
Bréviaire d'amour d'un haltérophile (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Apokalyptica (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La charge des centaures (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1988
Les "cucarachas" de Yale (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
Une pucelle pour un gorille (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La madonne rouge (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
La traversée de l'Empire (Ed. Christian Bourgois, Paris).
1989
L'extravagante croisade d'un révolutionnaire obese (Ed. Phi, Luxembourg).
1990
La nuit est aussi un soleil (Ed. Actes Sud).
Roues d'infortune (Ed. Actes Sud).
L'opéra de la Bastille (opéra écrit pour le bicentenaire de la Révolution française).
1992
Oeuvres Tome I, (théâtre, poésie, roman), (Ed. Spirali-Vel, Milan).
1994
Lully, (Ed. Actes Sud).
Entends la nuit douce qui marche, (Ed. Actes Sud).
Le fou rire des liliputiens, (Ed. Actes Sud).
1996
Comme un lis entre les épines, (Ed. Actes Sud).
1997
Théâtre complet, (2 volumes en langue espagnole), (Ed. Espasa, Madrid).
1998
Théâtre complet, (7 volumes en langue coréenne), (Ed. Coréenne, Séoul).
1999
Lettre d'amour, (Ed. Actes Sud).
Comme un supplice chinois, (Ed. Actes Sud).
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’s complete plays are published in nineteen volumes in France (Christian Bourgois Ed., and Actes Sud Ed.); They are published in Spain in two volumes in 1997 (Espasa Calpe Ed., Madrid) and in seven volumes in South Korea in 1998 (Korean Ed., Seoul). Spirali Vel Editions in Milan has launched an edition of
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's complete works in several volumes (plays, poems, novels), of which the first volume appeared in 1992.
By many estimates,
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is probably the most performed living dramatic author worldwide.
Films
1970
Viva la muerte; A co-production of Isabel-Films (Paris) and S.A.T.P.E.C. (Tunis), starring Nuria Espert and Anouk Ferjac.
1972
J'irai comme un cheval fou, (I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse); produced by the Société Générale de Production - Babylone Films, starring Emmanuelle Riva and Clark Shannon.
1975
L'arbre de Guernica, (The Guernica Tree); produced by C.V.C. Communication, Federico Mueller and Harry N. Blum; starring Maria Angela Melato and Ron Faber.
1980
L'odyssée de la Pacific (Pacific Odyssey), produced by Babylone Films, starring Mickey Rooney and Monique Leclerc.
1981
Le cimetière des voitures (The Automobile Graveyard), a co-production of Antenne 2 and Babylone Films, starring Alain Bashung and Juliette Berto.
1992
Adieu, Babylone! (Farewell, Babylon!) a production of Antenne 2 -Cinecim, starring Lélia Fischer and Spike Lee.
1998
Jorge Luis Borges - Una vita de poesia, (Borges, a Life in Poetry) a production of Aphaville/Spirali (Italy), starring Lélia Fischer and Alessandro Atti.
In 2005 a 3-DVD box set of
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’s most renowned films was released by Cult Epics (www.cultepics.com) including Viva La Muerte, I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse, and The Guernica Tree.
Short Films
Sang et or (Blood and Gold)
New York. New York!
Echecs et Mythe (Chess and Myth)
Essays and Nonfiction
Carta al General Franco, bilingual Spanish-French ed., Ch. Bourgois, col. 10-18, París, 1972; ed. Anonyme Anarchiste Pop., París, 1971; Ed. Granica, Buenos Aires, 1973; Ed. Babilonia, Noce, 1976; Ed. Actuales, Barcelona, 1978
Le Panique, ed. Union Générale d'Edition, Paris, 1973
Sur Fischer: Initiation aux échecs, ed. du Rocher, Monaco, 1974; revised edition “Fischer, le roi maudit,” Ed. Phi, Luxembourg, 1988.
Carta a los militantes comunistas españoles (Sueño y mentira del eurocomunismo), bilingual Spanish-French ed., Ch. Bourgois, París, 1978; Ed. Actuales, Barcelona, 1978; Ed. Acción directa, 1980.
Les échecs féeriques et libertaires: (articles from l'Express), Ed. du Rocher, Monaco, 1980.
Carta a los comunistas españoles y otras cartas (Letters to Franco, to the King, etc.), Murcia, Ed. Godoy, 1981.
Carta a Fidel Castro, Madrid, Playor, 1983; ed. Diana, Mexico, 1984; ed. Europa, América, Portugal, 1984.
Echecs et mythe, ed. Payot, París, 1984; (Mitos em Xeque, ed. Globo, Río de Janeiro, 1988).
Introducción a Feliciano de Silva, Ed. Cátedra, col. Letras Hispánicas, 1986
El Greco, (ed. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Steidl, 1991); (El Greco, ed. Destino, Barcelona, 1991); (El Greco, ed. Calder and Boyar, London; Grove Press-Viking, New York, 1991); (El Greco, ed. Spirali, Milan, 1991; (El Greco: Le frénétique du spasme, ed. Flohic, Paris, 1991).
Goya / Dalí, ed. Spirali-Vel, Milan; Studio di Val Cervo, Rome, 1992.
Fêtes et défaites sur l'échiquier, ed. l'Archipel, Paris, 1992.
Carta a José María Aznar (con copia a Felipe González), ed. Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1993.
Cartas a Baltazar, versión de F. Torres Monreal, 1993.
Genios y figuras, preface by A. Berenguer, Espasa Calpe, 1993.
Las manazas del Samaritano. Conversaciones con Ionesco, rev. La Vuelta, nº 210, mayo, 1994.
La dudosa luz del día, tr. into Spanish from the original French with notes by F. Torres Monreal, Espasa Calpe, 1994.
Carta al Rey de España, (Ed. Espasa Calpe, Madrid), 1995
Un esclave nommé Cervantès, ed Plon, Paris, 1996; (Un esclavo llamado Cervantes, ed. Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996).
Diccionario pánico, Ed. Escritos, Bruxelles, 1998
Lettre à Staline, Flammarion, Paris, 2004.
Houellebecq!, éditions Le cherche midi, Paris, 2005.
For over thirty years,
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has written a column on chess for the French weekly L’Express. Every Sunday he publishes “
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escos” in the Spanish daily El Mundo and regularly contributes articles to the Spanish dailies ABC and (less frequently) El País.