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Paul Fournel (born 20 May 1947 in Saint-Étienne) is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud (1968–1972). Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau and published the first book-length study of the Oulipo , Clefs pour la littérature potentielle ...
An interview with Paul Fournel author of Need for the Bike - Profile Books. 16 July 2019. ‘Nobody evokes the transformative joy of cycling the way Fournel does here … magical’ – Herbie Sykes. “I ride to rest and to tire myself out; I ride to do myself good and to do myself harm”
Aug 2, 2019 · Few writers are able to translate the physicality of cycling into prose like French write, Paul Fournel. Not just what it feels like to do but why we need to do it. He is an historian of the sport of longstanding, keeping alive the memories of old masters, from Anquetil to Agostinho.
Sep 16, 2017 · On the first page of his slender memoir of devotion, Paul Fournel captures his subject’s essence: “Anquetil pedalled blond, with supple ankles; he pedalled on points, back bent, arms at right...
Paul Fournel (born 20 May 1947 in Saint-Étienne) is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud (1968–1972). Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau and published the first book-length study of the Oulipo , Clefs pour la littérature potentielle ...
Dec 16, 2014 · Paul Fournel knows whereof he speaks. He has been a publisher, and so knows a lot about elements of the trade that escape the general reader (and the critic): the physical business of paper,...
Paul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher and diplomat, currently serving as France's cultural attaché in London. A keen cyclist and a member of the avant-garde writers' group, Oulipo,...
