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References
- 1 2 (in French) Ian Monk, Oulipo website (retrieved 29 december 2013).
- ↑ Write to Kill by Daniel Pennac, on Publishers Weekly (retrieved 29 december 2013).
- ↑ New Impressions of Africa Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , on Atlas press website (retrieved 29 december 2013).
- ↑ For some examples of his purely French writings, see the Oulipo link below.
