Jacques Spitz (1896–1963) was a French novelist. Born in Ghazaouet (then Nemours, in Algeria), Spitz was an engineer; he wrote several science fiction novels which were greatly influential in European science fiction. Cynical, ironic, often pessimist, influenced by Surrealism, his style is reminiscent of Pierre Boulle's. Although some of his novels were recently reissued in France, he is presently mostly forgotten and his novels are almost impossible to find, even in France.

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  • Jacques Spitz (1896–1963) was a French novelist. Born in Ghazaouet (then Nemours, in Algeria), Spitz was an engineer; he wrote several science fiction novels which were greatly influential in European science fiction. Cynical, ironic, often pessimist, influenced by Surrealism, his style is reminiscent of Pierre Boulle's. Although some of his novels were recently reissued in France, he is presently mostly forgotten and his novels are almost impossible to find, even in France. However, some of his works has been translated in Italian: L'œil du purgatoire, L'Homme Élastique, La Guerre des Mouches, and Les Signaux du Soleil (the latter being published in 2009). His masterworks are considered La guerre des mouches, L'homme élastique, and L'œil du purgatoire. The latter, meaning "The Eye of Purgatory", is about a man whose eyes, due to an exotic bacterium, start to see things as they will appear in the future. Spitz died in Paris in 1963.
  • Jacques Spitz est un écrivain français né en 1896 à Ghazaouet et décédé à Paris en 1963. Polytechnicien, ingénieur conseil, il écrivit plusieurs romans de science-fiction d'un modernisme étonnant. Cynique, souvent pessimiste, influencé par le surréalisme, son ton rappelle celui de Pierre Boulle. Malgré la réédition de quelques-uns de ses plus grand succès, il est aujourd'hui largement oublié et ses romans sont quasi introuvables.
  • Ingegnere, nacque nel 1896 a Nemours in Algeria e morì nel 1963 a Parigi, in Francia dove visse a lungo da solo. Cinico e pessimista, è stato influenzato dal surrealismo, anche se i suoi maestri sono stati Kant e Valéry.
  • ジャック・スピッツ（Jacques Spitz、1896年 - 1963年）はフランスの小説家。 アルジェリア生まれ。エコール・ポリテクニーク卒業者で、技術コンサルタントであった彼は、極めて近代的なSF小説を幾編か執筆した。冷笑的で、皮肉で、悲観的でもあり、シュルレアリスムの影響を受けた彼の文体はピエール・ブールのそれを想起させる。彼の小説には否定しがたい品質を持っている物もあるが、ジャック・スピッツは今日ではほぼ忘れ去られ、その小説はほとんど希書となっている。フランスのSF編集者・評論家ジャック・サドゥールはスピッツを（フランス語圏における）「戦前の科学小説の最後の重要作家」（412ページ下段より引用）と位置づけている。 代表作としては、蝿が突然変異で知能を獲得して人類を駆逐する"La Guerre des Mouches" (1938)（蝿の戦争）、未来の独裁社会から金星への脱出を描いた"Les Évadés de l'an 4000" (1936) （西暦4000年の亡命者）、マッド・サイエンティストに特殊な視覚を与えられた男の体験談"L'Œil du Purgatoire" (1945) （煉獄の目）が挙げられる。これらを始め、スピッツの作品は日本語には一編も翻訳されていない（2009年現在）。
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  • Jacques Spitz (1896–1963) was a French novelist. Born in Ghazaouet (then Nemours, in Algeria), Spitz was an engineer; he wrote several science fiction novels which were greatly influential in European science fiction. Cynical, ironic, often pessimist, influenced by Surrealism, his style is reminiscent of Pierre Boulle's. Although some of his novels were recently reissued in France, he is presently mostly forgotten and his novels are almost impossible to find, even in France.
  • Jacques Spitz est un écrivain français né en 1896 à Ghazaouet et décédé à Paris en 1963. Polytechnicien, ingénieur conseil, il écrivit plusieurs romans de science-fiction d'un modernisme étonnant. Cynique, souvent pessimiste, influencé par le surréalisme, son ton rappelle celui de Pierre Boulle. Malgré la réédition de quelques-uns de ses plus grand succès, il est aujourd'hui largement oublié et ses romans sont quasi introuvables.
  • Ingegnere, nacque nel 1896 a Nemours in Algeria e morì nel 1963 a Parigi, in Francia dove visse a lungo da solo. Cinico e pessimista, è stato influenzato dal surrealismo, anche se i suoi maestri sono stati Kant e Valéry.
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  • Jacques Spitz
  • Jacques Spitz
  • Jacques Spitz
  • ジャック・スピッツ
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