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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ