Michel Leiris
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Michel Leiris | |
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Born | 20 April 1901 |
Died | 30 September 1990 (aged 89) |
Occupation | Writer, poet, collector |
Family | Pierre Leiris |
Julien Michel Leiris (French:
Biography
Michel Leiris obtained his baccalauréat in philosophy at the
Following a falling-out with the surrealist leader
In 1937, Leiris teamed up with Bataille and
In 1961, Leiris was made head of research in ethnography at the C.N.R.S. (
Considered a leading figure in 20th century French literature, sociology, and cultural criticism, Michel Leiris left a considerable number of works. These range from autobiographical works such as L'Age d'homme (1939), La Règle du jeu (1948–1976) and his Journal 1922-1989 (published postmortem in 1992); art criticism such as Au verso des images (1980) and Francis Bacon face et profil (1983); music criticism such as Operratiques (1992); and scientific contributions such as La Langue secrète des Dogons de Saga (1948) and Race et civilisation (1951). (His fields of interest in anthropology ranged from bullfighting to possession in Gondar, Ethiopia.)
With Jean Jamin, Leiris founded
Leiris was also a talented poet, and poetry was important in his approach to the world. In the preface to Haut Mal, suivi de Autres Lancers (Gallimard 1969) he is quoted as saying that "the practice of poetry enables us to posit the Other as an equal" and that poetic inspiration is "a very rare thing, a fleeting gift from Heaven, to which the poet needs to be, at the price of an absolute purity, receptive – and to pay with his unhappiness for the benefits derived from this blessing."
Works (selection)
- Simulacre (1925)
- Le Point Cardinal (1927)
- Aurora (1927–28)
- L’Afrique fantôme (1934); Phantom Africa (Eng. translation, Brent Hayes Edwards, Seagull Books, 2018)
- L’Âge d’homme (1939); Manhood (Eng. translation, Richard Howard, University of Chicago Press, 1992)
- Haut Mal (poems) (1943) / reprinted as Haut Mal, suivi de Autres lancers (1969)
- La Langue secrète des Dogons de Saga (1948)
- La règle du jeu (1948–1976); The Rules of the Game
- Vol. 1: Biffures (1948) (Eng. translation: Scratches, Lydia Davis, 1991)
- Vol. 2: Fourbis (1955) (Eng. tr. Scraps, Lydia Davis, 1997)
- Vol. 3: Fibrilles (1966) (Eng. tr. Fibrils, Lydia Davis, 2017)
- Vol. 4: Frêle Bruit (1976)
- Race et civilisation (1951)
- La Possession et ses aspects théatraux chez les Éthiopiens du Gondar (1958)
- Nuits sans nuit et quelques jours sans jour (1961); Nights as Day, Days as Night (Eng. translation, Richard Sieburth, Spurl Editions, 2017)
- Brisées (1966) (Eng. translation, Lydia Davis, North Point Press, 1990)
- Au verso des images (1980)
- Le Ruban au cou d'Olympia (1981) (Eng. translation: The Ribbon at Olympia's Throat, Christine Pichini, 2019)
- Francis Bacon face et profil (1983)
- Operratiques (1992)
- Journal 1922-1989 (1992)
See also
References
- ^ "Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research" (PDF). Chicago Journal.
- ^ "Michel Leiris". MIT Press. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Oisteanu, Valery (2012-06-04). "ANDRÉ MASSON The Mythology of Desire: Masterworks from 1925 to 1945". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Michel Leiris (André Breton)". www.andrebreton.fr. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ www.bibliopolis.com. "SIMULACRE by André Masson, Michel Leiris on William Reese Company". William Reese Company. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ a b www.metmuseum.org https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/leonard-lauder-research-center/research/index-of-cubist-art-collectors/leiris. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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- ^ SIRINELLI, Jean-François (1998-01-12). "Algérie, Manifeste des 121. "Déclaration sur le droit à l'insoumission dans la guerre d'Algérie"". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Michel Leiris - Auteur". CNRS Editions (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Michel Leiris | Francis Bacon". www.francis-bacon.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- JSTOR 24515878.
- ^ "Gradhiva - Revue d'anthropologie et d'histoire des arts". journals.openedition.org (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- Jean-Louis de Rambures, "Comment travaillent les écrivains", Paris 1978 (interview with M. Leiris, in French)