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26 January 2025

a man and his cat

 

Georges Perec was a French novelist, essayist and filmmaker.  He liked to write books using a curious wordplay - for example a novel without using the letter 'e', and another using only the vowel 'e'.

Perec had a succession of cats, all named Duchat.  This stamp is from a photo done in 1978 by Anne de Brunhof (granddaughter of Jean de Brunhof of Babar fame)

7 comments:

Mail Adventures said...

I guess it is just fair that Duchat appears on the stamp, too :)

See my post.

Joy said...

What an engaging portrait.
My writers and a polymath are here

FinnBadger said...

I love this stamp! My stamp is here: https://envelope100.blogspot.com/2025/01/alicia-de-larrocha.html

marina said...

I love the image on this stamp. And now I have to go read on Perec.

Lisa said...

Awww, that's a cute stamps! I had heard of the "no e" writer, but didn't know who it was. Another lesson learned through stamps!
Mine:
https://lisasgardenadventureinoregon.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-stamps-january-26-2025.html

viridian said...

My Contribution: a stamp not yet released:
https://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2025/01/sunday-stamps-composer-allen-toussaint.html

Joy said...

This link here should hopefully work.