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Michel Leiris

Michel Leiris
Michel Leiris (1901–1990) 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.


Michel Leiris on the Details That Make Great Art

Of Manet, Shakespeare, and More
June 10, 2019  By Michel Leiris
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