Unicode raw string containing \u

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>     	That doesn't answer my question, since I asked for a unicode RAW 
> string literal.  Is this not possible?  (I was able to get what I want 
> using ur"\u005Cuniverse", although this is not totally ideal.)

It's a design flaw in Unicode raw string literals that they still
interpret \u escapes. And yes, your notation is one way to get what
you want; another is u"\\"+r"universe", although I'm unsure whether
that meets your requirements.

Regards,
Martin