| 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, Cimeti�re du P�re 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
Mus�e 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'�ge d'homme (1939)
Haut Mal (1943, poetry)
La Langue secr�te des Dogons de Saga (1948, nonfiction)
La R�gle du jeu (1948, "Rules of the Game")
Aurora (1948, novel)
Race et civilisation (1951, nonfiction)
La Possession et ses aspects th�atraux chez les �thiopiens du Gondar (1958)
Nuits sans nuit et quelques jours sans jour (1961)
Bris�es (1966)
Au verso des images (1980)
Francis Bacon face et profil (1983)
Operratiques (1992)
Journal 1922-1989 (1992, journal)
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