French writer, poet and mathematician Jacques Roubaud (R) receives from French Culture minister Jack Lang the National Grands Prix at the ministry of Culture in Paris on December 13, 1990. "Composer of poetry and retired mathematician", Jacques Roubaud, who died on December 5, 2024, aged 92, was a great contemporary poet and a leading representative of OuLiPo, a literary collective fond of linguistic discoveries for which Raymond Queneau co-opted him in 1966. (Photo by Pascal GEORGE / AFP) (Photo by PASCAL GEORGE/AFP via Getty Images)