| Michel Leiris AKA Julien Michel Leiris Born: 20-Apr-1901
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 30-Sep-1990
Location of death: Saint-Hilaire, Essonne, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, France
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author Nationality: France
Executive summary: Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer Wife: Louise
University: Sorbonne
University: École Practique des Hautes Études
French National Center for Scientific Research Head of Ethnographic Research
Musée de l'Homme Ethnographer
Communist Party 1928 (briefly)
Suicide Attempt phenobarbital (1959)
Drug Overdose (1959)
Tracheotomy (1959)
Risk Factors: Hemorrhoids
Author of books:
Simulacre (1925, poetry)
Le Point Cardinal (1927)
L'Âge d'homme (1939)
Haut Mal (1943, poetry)
La Langue secrète des Dogons de Saga (1948, nonfiction)
La Règle du jeu (1948, "Rules of the Game")
Aurora (1948, novel)
Race et civilisation (1951, nonfiction)
La Possession et ses aspects théatraux chez les Éthiopiens du Gondar (1958)
Nuits sans nuit et quelques jours sans jour (1961)
Brisées (1966)
Au verso des images (1980)
Francis Bacon face et profil (1983)
Operratiques (1992)
Journal 1922-1989 (1992, journal)
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