Marc Lapprand
Professor emeritus
French and Francophone Studies, SLLC
- Contact:
- lapprand@uvic.ca
- Credentials:
- PhD (University of Toronto)
- Area(s) of expertise:
- 20th and 21st French Literature, Boris Vian, Oulipo, Pataphysics
Marc Lapprand is a Professor Emeritus in the French and Francophone Studies section of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures.
Bio
Marc Lapprand is recognized as Boris Vian’s world specialist. His publications cover several other writers or movements of the avant-garde (1950-present). He was named Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes académiques in September 2018. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2022.
Selected publications
“Rebrousse-poil fort et vert“. Chronique d’un mystérieux journal ». Christelle Gonzalo et François Roulmann, Cosmogonies du Bison : horizons biographiques et bibliographie posthume de Boris Vian, Paris, Les antiquitaires éditeurs, 2025, p. 45-53.
. Co-edition of the Proceedings of a Conference on Oulipo at Cerisy-la-Salle (summer 2023). Classiques Garnier, 2025.
Three volumes of correspondences published with Christophe Reig (Université de Perpignan):
- . 2025.
- 2022.
- . 2018.
Other books :
- Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2020.
- La ’Pataphysique, mythe, mystères et mystifications, essai suivi d’un entretien avec Pascal Ory, membre du Collège de ’Pataphysique et de l’Académie française, to be published with Honoré Champion (2026).