François Caradec (1924 – 2008)

Jane Avril by  François Caradec

François Caradec is dead. “Oh no,” shouts Jane Avril

Cafe concert by Caradec

“We’ll see about that,” says the café concert visitor

Encyclopédie des FARCES et ATTRAPES et des  MYSTIFICATIONS

“It’s not a farce,” says the book that ought to know

François Caradec (Quimper, 1924November 13, 2008) was a French 20th century writer, biographer and historian of French popular culture and the history of the comic book in particular. He was a member of the Oulipo and a regent in the Collège de ’Pataphysique. He is the co-author of the history of farces, Encyclopédie des farces et attrapes et des mystifications.[1].

He wrote biographies on Lautréamont, Alfred Jarry, Raymond Roussel (translated by Ian Monk for Atlas Press), Alphonse Allais, Henry Gauthier-Villars, Le Pétomane and Jane Avril.