Michel Leiris
French surrealist writer and ethnographer (1901-1990) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
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.
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