Michel Leiris
Deceased Q462591

Michel Leiris

French surrealist writer and ethnographer (1901–1990)

Born: April 20, 1901 (1901) · 16th arrondissement of Paris
Died: September 30, 1990 (1990) · Saint-Hilaire
Age at death: 89 years
Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality France
Occupation writer, poet, prose writer, diarist, ethnologist, anthropologist, collector, ethnographer
Field of work poetry, prose, essay, ethnography
Education Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
Gender male

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