Chapman, Stanley

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Chapman, Stanley
Date of birth
1925-09-15
Date of death
2009-05-26
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 80800063
Wikidata: Q3496808
Library of congress: n 2003049282
Sources of Information
  • Vian, Boris. Heartsnatcher, 2003:t.p. (Stanley Chapman; translator)
  • LC database, July 01, 2003:(hdg.: Chapman, Stanley)

Wikipedia description:

Stanley Chapman (15 September 1925 – 26 May 2009) was a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests included theatre and 'pataphysics. He was involved with founding the Royal National Theatre in London, became a member of Oulipo in 1961, founder of the Outrapo, and was also a member of the Collège de Pataphysique, the London Institute of Pataphysics and the Lewis Carroll Society. In the early 1950s he contributed poems and designed covers for the literary magazines Listen and Stand, and contributed translations to Chanticleer, a magazine edited by the poet Ewart Milne. His English translation of A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems was received with "admiring stupefaction" by Raymond Queneau.

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