Biography:Ylipe
Philippe Labarthe, pseudonym Ylipe (9 January 1936 – 8 March 2003) was a French humorist, artist, and writer.[1][2]
He was born in Bordeaux and studied Fine Arts there before moving to Paris to work as a cartoonist, painter and aphorist.[1] He signed his cartoons φlipe, using the Greek letter phi (φ) in place of the first three letters of his forename.[3] Maurice Nadeau misread the Greek φ as a Latin y and the name Ylipe stuck.[3]
In the 1960s he contributed to Arts, L'Express, and Lettres nouvelles,[1][2] and signed the Manifesto of the 121 opposing the use of torture during the Algerian War.[3] He later exhibited paintings in New York and Paris under his own name, with backing from Eugène Ionesco and Jacques Prévert.[1][2]
In 2000, a back injury prevented him painting and he returned to writing aphorisms.[4] His writing and painting often exhibit black humour;[2][5] Dominique Noguez described him as a "sparkling misanthrope" (French: misanthrope étincelant).[5] He died of lung cancer, having refused medical treatment.[5]
Bibliography
- Books
- [6]
- (in fr) Magloire de Paris. Éric Losfeld. 1961.
- (in fr) Aqua Toffana. Jean-Jacques Pauvert. 1962.
- (in fr) Leçons de chose. privately printed. 1965.
- (in fr) Textes sans paroles. Le Dilettante. 2001. ISBN 2842630416.
- (in fr) Le BCD du peintre moderne. La Différence. 2002. ISBN 2729114289.
- (in fr) Sexes sans paroles. Le Dilettante. 2003. ISBN 2842630734.
- Periodicals
- [6]
- "spécial Ylipe : Écrivez plus grand, elle est sourde" (in fr). Bizarre (Jean-Jacques Pauvert) (45). 1967.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ylipe" (in fr). Evene.fr. 9 January 1936. http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/ylipe-5115.php.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Peintures, encres de Philippe Labarthe" (in fr). Art Flox. 2008. http://art-flox.com/expo-Peintures,_encres_de_Philippe_Labarthe.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Aït Si Slimane, Taos (14 December 2006). "Ylipe, signataire du "Manifeste des 121"" (in fr). Fabrique de sens. http://www.fabriquedesens.net/Ylipe-signataire-du-Manifeste-des.
- ↑ Aubert, Aurelie (11 May 2001). "Rencontre avec Ylipe". Zone Littéraire. http://www.zone-litteraire.com/litterature/interviews/rencontre-avec-ylipe.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Noguez, Dominique (19 March 2003). "Ylipe; Un prince de l'humour noir" (in fr). Le Monde.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ylipe" (in fr). Le Dilettante. http://www.ledilettante.com/fiche-auteur.asp?Clef=184.
External links
- Ylipe quotations citation-du-jour.fr
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