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Portrait de Roger Vitrac

Roger Vitrac

Roger Vitrac, born November 17, 1899 in Pinsac (Lot) and died January 22, 1952 in Paris, is a French playwright and poet. An early surrealist, he was excluded from the movement in 1928.


Resources

Roger Vitrac resources — André Breton site

Roger Vitrac resources — Mélusine site


See also, by Jean Paulhan :


Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

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

Texts by Roger Vitrac

  1. Danger de mort, 1925-09-01
  2. Raymond Roussel, 1928-02-01

Notes by Roger Vitrac

These texts by Roger Vitrac may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts.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. Exposition d'œuvres de Jean de Bosschère (Galerie d'Art Contemporain), 1927-03-01, Notes : les arts

Texts about Roger Vitrac

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. Cruautés de la nuit, par Roger Vitrac (Éditions des Cahiers du Sud), by Gabriel Bounoure, 1928-09-01, Notes : la poésie
  2. Victor ou Les enfants au pouvoir, par Roger Vitrac (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées), by Jean Prévost, 1929-02-01, Notes : le théâtre
  3. Le Coup de Trafalgar, par Roger Vitrac (Théâtre de l'Atelier), by Antonin Artaud, 1934-07-01, Notes : le théâtre
  4. Délyrant Roger Vitrac, by Henri Béhar, 1965-02-01, Notes : la poésie

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 Roger Vitrac and texts translated by the author.

Texts by Roger Vitrac

  1. Insomnie (p. 61-68), hiver 1924 [258 p.]
  2. Le goût du sang (p. 83-111), printemps 1926 [200 p.]