Georges Perec

✶March 7, 1936

†March 3, 1982

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Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust. Many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play.

French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)

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