At this time, “Compilation of Artaud’s Final Years” Vol. 3 (Kawabe Shobo Shinsha Publishers) was completed, and his only novel “Heliogabalus” has been newly translated by Soshi Suzuki (Kawabe Bunko). Using this as an opportunity to propose a revised image of Artaud, four Artaud researchers re-read Artaud’s ideology, plays, literature, and most of all, the Artaud who, as a performer that cannot be categorized, had stamped his mark like a black meteorite in the 20th century.

Kuniichi Uno