The French writer, poet and mathematician Jacques Roubaud on December 13, 1990, during the presentation of the Grand Prix national de la Poésie at the Ministry of Culture in Paris.
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Archives The poet and mathematician died Thursday at the age of 92. In 2006, he published an autobiographical book in which he drew up his intellectual genealogy: the least we can say is that he is branching… We are republishing this article.
Article published in “le Nouvel Observateur” on August 31, 2006.
In the beginning, the Word floated in the mist. Everything was cavernous grunts and indistinct murmurs, primal screams and rumblings clustered in earthy mouths. The grammar already left a lot to be desired. Even today there is talk of reforming it. Instead, the Number immediately arrived at perfection, from biblical times. The passion for numbers was not born overnight. It even goes back to the first…
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