Alphonse Allais

For example:

par les bois du djinn où s'entasse de l'effroi
parle et bois du gin ou cent tasses de lait froid. He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. e.

e. Earlier versions with the same title as the original novel appeared in 1923 and 1932. Allais wrote the earliest known example of a completely silent musical composition.