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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roger Caillois canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ intellectual ⓘ literary critic ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-03-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-12-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
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École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | UNESCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology of the sacred
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fantastical literature ⓘ game studies ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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fantastic literature studies ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
comparative literature
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sociology of culture ⓘ |
| influenced |
anthropology of play
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cultural studies ⓘ game studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Georges Bataille
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Marcel Mauss NERFINISHED ⓘ surrealist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Collège de sociologie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Au cœur du fantastique
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Bellone ou la pente de la guerre NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Fleuve Alphée NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Mythe et le sacré NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Mythe et l’homme NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Homme et le sacré NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Écriture des pierres NERFINISHED ⓘ Man, Play and Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierres réfléchies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfWork | Les Jeux et les hommes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Reims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kremlin-Bicêtre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
UNESCO official
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editor ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workFocus |
myth
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stone imagery ⓘ the fantastical ⓘ the sacred NERFINISHED ⓘ theory of games ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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