Jacques Jouet

Jacques Jouet (born 9 October 1947) is a French writer and has been a participating member of the Oulipo literary project since 1983.

He is a poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayiste, and plasticine artist specializing in collages.

As a member of l'Oulipo, Jouet became its focus in June 2009 when he began publicly writing a serialized novel in five days.

[1] He first became involved with Oulipo in 1978, stemming from a writing course directed by Paul Fournel, Georges Perec, and Jacques Roubaud.

[2] His serial The Republic of Mek Ouyes was broadcast simultaneously on radio and on the web, through the site of his publisher, P.O.L.