Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books (French Modernist Library)

"Marcel Bénabou is quick to acknowledge that his own difficulty in writing has plenty of company. Words stick and syntax is stubborn, meaning slips and synonyms cluster. A blank page taunts and a full one accuses. Bénabou knows the heroic joy of depriving critics of victims, the kindness of sparing publishers decisions, and the public charity of leaving more room in bookstore displays. Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books (Pourquoi je n ai écrit aucun de mes livres) provides both a respectful litany of writers fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them." Born in Morocco in 1939 he has authored many books some of which are: La littérature potentielle, Gallimard, 1973) traduction italienne : La letteratura potenziale, éd. CLUEB, Bologna, 1985 Atlas de littérature potentielle, Gallimard, 1981, La Bibliothèque oulipienne, volumes 1, 2, 3, éditions Seghers, 1990 Oulipiana, a cura di R. Campagnoli, Guida editori, Napoli 1994 Affensprache, Spielmachinen und allgemeine Regelwerke, Édition Plasma, 1997 La Bibliothèque oulipienne, volume 4, Le Castor astral, 1997 La Bibliothèque oulipienne, volume 5, Le Castor astral, 2000 Abrégé de littérature potentielle, Mille et une nuits, 2002 Maudits, Mille et une nuits, 2003 La Bibliothèque oulipienne, volume 6, Le Castor astral, 2003 Moments oulipiens, Le Castor astral, 2004 Oulipo, adpf, Ministère des affaires étrangères, 2005 La Bibliothèque oulipienne, volume 7, Le Castor astral, 2008 C'est un métier d'homme, Le Castor Astral, 2009 La Bibliothèque oulipienne, volume 8, Le Castor astral, 2011 Abécédaire provisoirement définitif, Larousse 2014 Le Voyage d'hiver et ses suites, Seuil, 2014.