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Raymond Devos

Raymond Devos was a French comedian, cabaret performer, circus performer, writer and actor (1922–2006). He was born at Mouscron and died at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Raymond Pierre Devos.

Born at Mouscron in 1922, died at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse in 2006.

Recognition and collections

Raymond Devos received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of Leopold and Grand Prix du Disque.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1967 to 2008.

J'ai des doutes. A plus d'un titre. Les Pensées. Rêvons de mots. Une chenille nommée Vanessa. Matière à rire ; l'intégrale. Ca n'a pas de sens, dated 1968. Extra-muros, dated 1967. Les quarantièmes délirants, dated 2002. Sketches inédits, dated 2008. Un jour sans moi, dated 1996. A plus d un titre, dated 1989. Sans titre de noblesse, dated 2005. Sens dessus dessous, dated 1976. Correspondence: D, dated 1994-1995, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Le Ludique et l'absurde dans la littérature du XXè siècle : Raymond Devos et Raymond Queneau. Raymond Devos : artiste, humoriste et poète, Tangence, 1996. Raymond Devos, du plaisir dans lalangue à la pratique de l’interprétation, Essaim, 2022. Raymond Devos ou la peur des mots, Langage et société, 1996. Subjonctif imparfait, temps de l’hypothétique ou des zygomatiques ?, Italies, 2000. Razmišljanje o metafiziki v skečih Raymonda Devosa, Acta Neophilologica, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Raymond Devos Intégrale (spectacles, Audio, Livres) — Internet Archive. A plus d'un titre (1990) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

training under Tania Balachova is recorded. the recorded working language is French.

Membership is recorded of Académie Alphonse-Allais.

Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎ and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1922Raymond Devos born at Mouscron.
  2. 1990A plus d'un titre digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2006Raymond Devos died at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Raymond Devos”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q686316: Raymond Devos

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