Georges Perec
Georges Perec · Arts & Literature
French novelist ('Life: A User's Manual', 'A Void')
1936, Paris, France — 1982, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
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Georges Perec is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — French novelist ('Life: A User's Manual', 'A Void')
Georges Perec was a French novelist and member of the experimental Oulipo group, author of 'Life: A User's Manual' and of 'A Void', a full-length novel written entirely without the letter 'e'. He was Jewish, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants; his father died fighting for France in 1940 and his mother was deported and killed at Auschwitz, a loss central to his writing.
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French novelist ('Life: A User's Manual', 'A Void')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
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