Roger Caillois

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Roger Caillois was a French intellectual, writer, and sociologist known for his influential work on games, the sacred, and the fantastical, as well as his involvement in mid-20th-century literary and philosophical circles.

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instanceOf essayist
human
intellectual
literary critic
sociologist
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1913-03-03
dateOfDeath 1978-12-21
educatedAt University of Paris
École Normale Supérieure
employer UNESCO
fieldOfWork anthropology of the sacred
fantastical literature
game studies
literary criticism
sociology
genre essay
fantastic literature studies
literary criticism
non-fiction
hasAcademicDiscipline comparative literature
sociology of culture
influenced anthropology of play
cultural studies
game studies
literary theory
influencedBy Georges Bataille
Marcel Mauss
surrealist movement
linked to: Surrealism

Émile Durkheim
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
memberOf Académie française
Collège de sociologie
movement surrealism
linked to: Surrealism
nativeLanguage French
notableWork Au cœur du fantastique
Bellone ou la pente de la guerre
Le Fleuve Alphée
Le Mythe et le sacré
Le Mythe et l’homme
L’Homme et le sacré
L’Écriture des pierres
Man, Play and Games
Pierres réfléchies
originalTitleOfWork Les Jeux et les hommes
placeOfBirth Reims
placeOfDeath Kremlin-Bicêtre
positionHeld UNESCO official
editor
publisher
sexOrGender male
workFocus myth
stone imagery
the fantastical
the sacred
theory of games
workLocation Paris

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Surrealist Group in Paris hasMember Roger Caillois