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Roger Caillois
Roger Caillois (; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on diverse subjects such as games, play as well as the sacred. He was also instrumental in introducing Latin American authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Miguel Ángel Asturias to the French public. After his death, the French Literary award Prix Roger Caillois was named after him in 1991.
Biography.
Caillois was born in Reims but
Dream Adventure", 1963 edited by Caillois. New York, Orion Press, 1963.
"The Mask of Medusa", 1964, New York, C.N. Potter, 1964.
"The Dream and Human Societies", edited by Caillois and G. E. Von Grunebaum.
Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966.
"The Mystery Novel". trans. by Roberto Yahni and A.W. Sadler.
New York, Laughing Buddha Press, 1984.
"The Edge of Surrealism: A Roger Caillois Reader