Roger Caillois was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and philosophy by focusing on very diverse subjects such as games, surrealism, south-American literature, the mineral world, dreams and images, ethnology, the history of...
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Jean PaulhanAlso won Georges-Dupau award
Maurice GenevoixAlso won Grand prix national des Lettres
Claudio MagrisAlso won Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
Julien GreenAlso won Grand prix national des Lettres
Jean StarobinskiAlso won Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
Léon-Paul FargueAlso won Georges-Dupau awardAbout this person
Roger Caillois was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and philosophy by focusing on very diverse subjects such as games, surrealism, south-American literature, the mineral world, dreams and images, ethnology, the history of religions and the sacred. He was also instrumental in introducing Latin American authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda and Miguel Ángel Asturias to the French public. After his death, the French Literary award Prix Roger Caillois was named after him in 1991.
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