Michel Leiris

aka Julien Michel Leiris

Country

France

Languages

French

Dates

1901 — 1990

modern europe

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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Works

Le Point cardinal

Cardinal Point

French · 1925Novella / Short Novel / Light Novel

1 translation

L’Afrique fantôme

Phantom Africa

French · 1934Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

Miroir de la tauromachie

Mirror of Tauromachy

French · 1938Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

1 translation

L’Âge d’homme

Manhood

French · 1939Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

Aurora

French · 1946Novella / Short Novel / Light Novel

1 translation

La Règle du jeu, t. 1: Biffures

Rules of the Game. Vol. 1: Scratches

French · 1948Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

La Règle du jeu, t. 2: Fourbis

Rules of the Game. Vol. 2: Scraps

French · 1955Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

Race et civilisation

Race and Culture

French · 1958Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

1 translation

Brisées

Broken Branches

French · 1966Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

1 translation

La Règle du jeu, t. 3: Fibrilles

Rules of the Game. Vol 3: Fibrils

French · 1966Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

La Règle du jeu, t. 4: Frêle Bruit

Rules of the Game. Vol. 4: Frail Riffs

French · 1976Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

Le Ruban au cou d'Olympia

The Ribbon at Olympia's Throat

French · 1981Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

1 translation

Francis Bacon face et profil

Francis Bacon: Full Face and in Profile

French · 1983Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

1 translation

Nuits sans nuit et quelques jours sans jour

Nights as Day, Days as Night

French · 1987Novel

1 translation

Operatics

Operratiques

French · 1992Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

1 translation

Échanges et correspondances

Exchanges and Correspondence: George Bataille and Michel Leiris

French · 2004Correspondence / Letters

1 translation