Michel Leiris
French surrealist writer and ethnographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Julien Michel Leiris (French: [lɛʁis]; 20 April 1901 in Paris[1] – 30 September 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with Georges Bataille and head of research in ethnography at the CNRS.[2]
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Born | 20 April 1901 |
Died | 30 September 1990 (aged 89) |
Occupation | Writer, poet, collector |
Family | Pierre Leiris |
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