Word: perecent
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...OuLiPo intends to do systematically and scientifically, and if need be, by resorting to the good offices of computers." "Structure is the work of OuLiPo," explains Mathemagician Francois LeLionnais, 75, a founder of the organization. "We are not interested in great literature, though we appreciate it." Adds Novelist Georges Perec: "We reject the noble image of literature as a divine inspiration. In our view, language is a kind of putty that we can shape." Among the stranger shapes issuing from the OuLiPo factory are palindromes-words or statements that read identically backward and forward. "Straw? No, too stupid...