Michel Leiris

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Michel Leiris was a French writer, ethnographer, and autobiographical essayist associated with Surrealism and known for blending anthropology with deeply introspective literature.

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Michel Leiris canonical 4

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instanceOf autobiographical essayist
ethnographer
human
surrealist writer
associatedWith André Breton
Georges Bataille
Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1901-04-20
dateOfDeath 1990-09-30
educatedAt Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
employer Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Musée de l'Homme
linked to: Musée de l’Homme
era 20th century
familyName Leiris
fieldOfWork anthropology
autobiographical literature
ethnography
genre autobiography
essay
travel writing
givenName Michel
influenced autofiction writers
influencedBy Marcel Griaule
Surrealism
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Collège de sociologie
movement Surrealism
name Michel Leiris
nationality French
notableWork L'Afrique fantôme
L'Âge d'homme
La Règle du jeu
occupation essayist
ethnographer
writer
participatedIn Mission Dakar-Djibouti
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Paris
residence Paris
spouse Zette Leiris
workFocus blending anthropology and literature
wroteAbout colonial Africa
self-exploration
subjectivity in ethnography

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Surrealist Group in Paris hasMember Michel Leiris
La Révolution surréaliste editor Michel Leiris
Lydia Davis notableAuthorTranslated Michel Leiris
Michel Leiris name Michel Leiris