Background
He was born on 8 September 1908, in the small town of Neuflize, in the Ardennes, and died on 27 November 1984, in Reims.
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Luc Etienne Perin
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After having studied in Charleville, he went on, in 1945, to teach mathematics and physics in a secondary school in Reims.
Career
In 1952, his first "pataphysical works were published in the books of the College of "Pataphysics, whose Regent and Chief of Practical Work he later became. He published "The Art of the Spoonerism" in 1957, and maintained until his death a weekly section of linguistic gaffes in the French satirical newspaper, Le Canard enchaîné. Périn is most famed for his avant garde humour, and his interest in many literary facets, such as slang, palindromes, spoonerisms, Bouts-Rimés, and charades.
Membership
College of "Pataphysics. Oulipo]
In 1970, he became a member of the equally experimental Oulipo, a loose group of Francophone writers and mathematicians.
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Nationality
France