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Antonin Artaud

ARTAUD LE VAILLANT

The least that must be said of Artaud is that he never admitted defeat. It is because the erosion of thought, the collapse of the soul, ruin and madness itself rejected him more surely to this formidable inner station, which it is for us all to mature – to this dead, but radiant point, where the rotten being gathers his virtues [illegible]. I don't know which emperor said that there are three suns, of which only the first has appeared. I never doubted that Antonin Artaud would see the second as he wished.

Jean Paulhan
(Handwritten and heavily crossed out text).

Resources

Images and portraits

List of works by Antonin Artaud

A century of writers, Antonin Artaud - video

A life, a work - Antonin Artaud - France Culture

Antonin Artaud - To put an end to the judgment of God
Written and recorded in 1947 by Antonin Artaud, To end the judgment of God, is undoubtedly, until now, the most extreme radio event ever conceived. An abysmal rhythmic undertaking, a magnificent text written for an erupting voice. This extraordinary work was banned for some time, but the worst outrage that could be done to it was oblivion. However, thanks to the sound editions André Dimanche Antonin Artaud's radio recordings have been saved from oblivion. Listening to To end the judgment of God is preceded by a presentation of Antonin Artaud by Roger Vitrac.

Antonin Artaud - Sollers, ORTF, 1966

Antonin Artaud, ultimate tribute, 1998 - France Culture

In the company of Antonin Artaud (1/2) The Man by Roger Vrigny and Claire Chancel (1975)

The true story of Artaud the momo - video

Antonin Artaud in The Passion of Joan of Arc

Antonin Artaud - The conference of 01/13/1947 on the stage of the Vieux Colombier, given by Philippe Clevenot

Homage to Antonin Artaud catalog

Auctions organized at the Pierre gallery for the benefit of Antonin Artaud. Text by Jean Paulhan.

An author-editor couple: Antonin Artaud and the N.R.F. [article]

“Dear Friend”: a letter from Antonin Artaud takes a new look at his drawings

Alienation and black magic, Van Gogh the suicide of society, The sick and the doctors

"The paintings are nothing" a letter from Antonin Artaud to Picasso

Interview with Jean-Michel Espitallier and Jérôme Meizoz “we must not let literature go too far”.

Artaud's correspondence with Jacques Rivière by Laura Wetherington

Antonin Artaud's early years by Laura Wetherington

Artaud arrives in Paris by Laura Wetherington

Artaud and the surrealists with Anne-Marie Dubois and Sébastien Bohler

Marthe Robert: “Literature must be something living that we want to penetrate”

André Breton: "Every time I mention the surrealist claim, it is the person of Antonin Artaud, magnificent and black, who stands out to me"

The Art of Fools

Gwenaël Morin: “Even if theater is about seeing, you shouldn’t show” with Gwenaël Morin, French director

"Real history of Artaud-Momo" with Philippe Clévenot

Artaud's cinema with Sandra Moussempès and Lorraine Dumenil

The last cry of Antonin Artaud with Evelyne Grossman and Olivier Penot-Lacassagne

Antonin Artaud, to put an end to confinement with Evelyne Grossman, professor of contemporary French literature at the University of Paris Diderot Paris 7

"One day, Antonin Artaud took me to beg" with Marthe Robert, Hubert Juin, Jacques Brenner, Henri Thomas, Paule Thévenin and Bernard Noël

Antonin Artaud resources - André Breton site

Antonin Artaud resources — Mélusine site

Antonin Artaud - Internet Archive

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Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

The texts below, published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, are grouped into four main sets: texts by Antonin Artaud, notes and columns by the author, texts about the author, and, when available, translations by the author.

Texts by Antonin Artaud

  1. Une correspondance, 1924-09-01
  2. Héloïse et Abélard, 1925-12-01
  3. Correspondance de la momie, 1927-03-01
  4. La Coquille et le Clergyman, 1927-11-01
  5. La révolte du boucher, 1930-06-01
  6. La mise en scène et la métaphysique, 1932-01-02
  7. Le théâtre de la cruauté, 1932-10-01
  8. Le Théâtre et la Peste, 1934-10-01
  9. D'un voyage au pays des Tarahumaras, 1937-08-01

Notes by Antonin Artaud

These texts by Antonin Artaud may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts. They appeared in NRF sections such as Chronique des romans, L'air du mois, Le temps comme il passe, etc., or in tribute issues.

  1. Le Juif Polonais (Olympia), 1931-11-01, Notes : le cinéma
  2. Les frères Marx au cinéma du Panthéon, 1932-01-01, Notes : le cinéma
  3. Les Tricheurs, de Stève Passeur (L'Atelier), 1932-05-01, Notes : le théâtre
  4. La grève des théâtres, 1932-05-01, Notes : le cinéma
  5. Le Coup de Trafalgar, par Roger Vitrac (Théâtre de l'Atelier), 1934-07-01, Notes : le théâtre
  6. Autour d'une mère, de Jean-Louis Barrault (Théâtre de l'Atelier), 1935-07-01, Notes : le théâtre
  7. Préambule, 1954-12-01, Textes
  8. Lettre à Albert Camus, 1960-05-01, Textes
  9. Lettre à Jean Paulhan, 1960-11-01, Textes
  10. À Alfredo Gangotena, 1965-05-01, Le temps, comme il passe

Texts about Antonin Artaud

These texts may include thematic studies about the author, correspondence, reading notes on works by or about the author, interviews conducted by the author, or works edited by the author.

  1. Héliogabale ou L'anarchiste couronné, par Antonin Artaud (Denoël et Steele), by Charles-Albert Cingria, 1934-07-01, Notes : les essais
  2. Les Cenci d'Antonin Artaud, by Pierre Jean Jouve, 1935-06-01, articles
  3. Antonin Artaud ou La santé des poètes, by Collectifs, 1960-01-01, Les revues, les journaux
  4. Antonin Artaud, le suicidé de la société, par Jean Hort (Éditions Connaître), by Willy de Spens, 1960-11-01, Notes : lectures
  5. En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud, by Jacques Prevel, 1962-02-01, Textes
  6. Lors du séjour qu'il fit en 1936 au Mexique, Antonin Artaud, pour subvenir à ses besoins..., by Marie Dézon, 1966-06-01, Textes

Chronological distribution of texts published in the NRF (1908-1968)

This chart shows the chronological distribution of texts across the four categories defined above: Texts, Notes, Translations, and Texts about the author.

Bibliography of texts published in the journal Commerce

The texts below, published in the journal Commerce, are grouped into two sets: texts by Antonin Artaud and texts translated by the author.

Texts by Antonin Artaud

  1. Fragments d’un journal d’enfer… (p. 65-79), printemps 1926 [200 p.]

Bibliography of texts published in Les Cahiers de la Pleiade

The texts below, published in Les Cahiers de la Pleiade, are grouped into three sets: texts by Antonin Artaud, texts translated by the author, and texts about the author.

Texts by Antonin Artaud

  1. L’aveu d’Arthur Adamov, avril 1947 [292 p.]
  2. Le théâtre de Séraphin, printemps 1949 [204 p.]
  3. Là où j’en suis, printemps 1949 [204 p.]

Texts about

These texts may include thematic studies about the author, correspondence, reading notes on works by or about the author, or works translated by the author.

  1. Visites à Antonin Artaud by Claude Nerguy et Jacques Brenner, printemps 1949 [204 p.]