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