Рэймонд Федерман: Жизнь и творчество экспериментального писателя

American poet

Raymond Federman (May 15, 1928 – October 6, 2009) was a French–American novelist and academic, known also for poetry, essays, translations, and criticism. He held positions at the University at Buffalo from 1973 to 1999, when he was appointed Distinguished Emeritus Professor. Federman was a writer in the experimental style, one that sought to deconstruct traditional prose. This type of writing is quite prevalent in his book Double or Nothing, in which the linear narrative of the story has been broken down and restructured so as to be nearly incoherent. Words are also often arranged on pages to resemble images or to suggest repetitious themes.

Federman, who was Jewish, was born in Montrouge, France. After serving in the U. S. Army in Korea and Japan from 1951 to 1954, he studied at Columbia University under the G. I. Bill, graduating in 1957. He did his graduate studies at UCLA, receiving his M. A. in 1958, and Ph. D. in Comparative Literature in 1963, with his doctoral dissertation on Samuel Beckett. Federman's step son's daughter is Andrea Murez, an Israeli Olympic swimmer who competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Board of Directors of The Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines from 1973 to 1976. From 1979 to 1982 he was co director of the Fiction Collective, a publishing house dedicated to experimental fiction and its writers, and later served on the Board of Directors of Fiction Collective Two. Federman died of cancer at the age of 81 in San Diego, California,</blockquote>Reviewing the same novel in The Chicago Tribune, Welch D. Everman wrote:"The Twofold Vibration" proves what readers of his earlier novels "Double or Nothing," "Take It or Leave It" and "The Voice in the Closet" have known for some time: that Raymond Federman is a brilliantly talented fictioneer who can tell stories that are entertaining, funny and wildly imaginative yet always profound and deeply moving Federman is an optimist, a lover of life, language and laughter. Several full length books have been written about his work, including a 400 page casebook entitled Federman From A to X X X X by Larry McCaffery, Thomas Hartl and Doug Rice. In 2010 SUNY Press published Federman's Fiction's: Innovation, Theory, and the Holocaust, a collection of essays edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo intended to demonstrate the relevance of Federman's writing to disciplines beyond contemporary and experimental literature. His collected plays were published in Austria in a bilingual edition (English/German) under the title The Precipice & Other Catastrophes. In 2002 The Journal of Experimental Fiction devoted a 510 page issue to his work. Federman's excerpt from Return to Manure won an &NOW award in 2009 and was published in The &NOW Awards: The Best Innovative Writing. Federman also participated in the biennial &NOW festival, a festival for experimental and innovative writing.

Double or Nothing Swallow Press. Re issued by Ohio University Press, 1976. New revised edition, following the page design of the German edition Alles oder Nichts, (transl. by Peter Torberg), Greno Verlag, 1985, by Fiction Collective Two, 1991. Amer Eldorado Written in French, Editions Stock, Paris, 1974. New Editions revised and expanded, Weidler Buchverlag, 2001. Take It Or Leave It The Fiction Collective, 1976. New revised edition, Fiction Collective Two, 1997. The Voice in the Closet / La Voix Dans le Cabinet de Débarras (Bilingual novel), Coda Press, 1979. Re issued Station Hill Press, 1985. New edition, Starchrone Books, 2001. New expanded edition Impressions Nouvelles, 2001. Trilingual edition (English, French, German, (transl. by Peter Torberg)) Kellner Verlag, 1989. The Twofold Vibration Indiana University Press & Harvester Press Ltd., 1982. Smiles on Washington Square Thunder's Mouth Press, 1985. To Whom It May Concern Fiction Collective Two, 1990. La Fourrure de ma Tante Rachel (written in French) Éditions Circé, 1997. Loose Shoes Weidler Verlag, 2001. Aunt Rachel's Fur Fiction Collective Two, 2001. Mon corps en neuf parties Editions Al Dante, 2003. A qui de droit (French) Al Dante, 2003. New edition, 2006. Retour au fumier Editions Al Dante, 2005. My Body in Nine Parts Starcherone Books, 2005. Return To Manure Fiction Collective Two, 2006. The Twilight of the Bums with George Chambers, and cartoon accompaniment by T. Motley. Starcherone Books, 2007. Chut (French) Léo Scheer, 2008. The Carcasses (A Fable) BlazeVOX Books, 2009. SHHH: The Story of a Childhood Introduction by Davis Schneiderman; Edited by Ted Pelton and Davis Schneiderman. Starcherone Books, 2010.

Among the Beasts / Parmi Les Monsters (Bilingual poems) Milas Martin Editions, 1967. Me Too Westcoast Poetry Press, 1975. Duel L (Poems in English/French/German). The Stop over Press, 1991. Now Then / Nun denn (Bilingual Poems in English & German (transl. by Peter Torberg)) Edition Isele, 1992. 99 hand written poems = 99 poèmes faits à la Main Weidler Buchverlag, 2001. Here and Elsewhere: Poetic Cul de Sac Six Gallery Press, 2003. Surcomixxxx (English and German with comic strips illustrations). Ed. Dirk Görtler. Klauss Isele, 2003. Ici et ailleurs / Here & elsewhere Le Mot et le reste, 2004. L'extatique de Jule & Juliette Le Mot et le reste, 2006. Chair Jaune (English & French) Le Bleu du Ciel, 2007.

Journey into Chaos: Samuel Beckett's Early Fiction University California Press, 1965. Reprinted by Books on Demand, 1998. Samuel Beckett, His Works and His Critics: An Essay in Bibliography (with John Fletcher). University California Press, 1970. Surfiction: Fiction Now & Tomorrow Editor, Swallow Press, 1975. Revised & expanded edition, Ohio University Press, 1981. Samuel Beckett (Co Editor with Tom Bishop). Editions de L'Herne, 1976. New edition, Hachette, 1985. Samuel Beckett the Critical Heritage (Co Editor with Lawrence Graver). Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. Critifiction: Postmodern Essays State University of New York Press, 1993.

The Rigmarole of Contrariety (Limited edition chapbook) The Bolt Court Press, 1982. Eine Version meines Lebens (Autobiography with photos, in German, transl. by Peter Torberg) Maro Verlag, 1993. The Supreme Indecision of the Writer: The 1994 Lectures in Turkey (Essays) The Boltcourt Press, 1995. The Line, 1996. The Precipice and Other Catastrophes / der abgrund und andere katastrophen (Collected Plays, bilingual edition, English/German). Ed. Thomas Hartl. Poetry Salzburg, 1999. The Twilight of the Bums (with George Chambers), 2002. More Loose Shoes and Smelly Socks Six Gallery Press, 2005. Coup de Pompes (Fragments d'écriture). Le Mot & Le Reste, 2007. The Sam Book (Memoir), Two Ravens, 2008.