# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-leiris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:06:37.971Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-leiris"
name: "Michel Leiris"
slug: "michel-leiris"
description: "Julien Michel Leiris was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with Georges Bataille and head of research in ethnography at the CNRS."
tagline: "French surrealist writer and ethnographer (1901–1990)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1901-04-20"
deathDate: "1990-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump