Roger Caillois was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, ludology and philosophy by focusing on diverse subjects such as games and play as well as the sacred. Wikipedia
Born: March 3, 1913, Reims, France
Died: December 21, 1978 (age 65 years), Paris, France
Notable awards: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; Marcel Proust Awards; European Union Prize for Literature
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