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Georges Perec (French: [ʒoʁʒ peʁɛk]; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) 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 .
Georges Perec (born March 7, 1936, Paris, France—died March 3, 1982, Ivry) was a French writer, often called the greatest innovator of form of his generation. Perec was orphaned at an early age: his father was killed in action in World War II, and his mother died in a concentration camp.
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Jul 16, 2019 · Paul Grimstad on the French author George Perec, whose formally and thematically inventive works included “Life: A User’s Manual,” “Things: A Story of the Sixties,” and “A Void.”.
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Georges Perec was a highly-regarded French novelist, filmmaker, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. Many of his novels and essays abound with experimental wordplay, lists, and attempts at classification, and they are usually tinged with melancholy.
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- March 3, 1982
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- Life: A User's Manual Georges Perec, David Bellos (Translator)
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- Species of Spaces and Other Pieces Georges Perec.
Life: A User's Manual (original title La Vie mode d'emploi) is Georges Perec's most famous novel, published in 1978, first translated into English by David Bellos in 1987. Its title page describes it as "novels", in the plural, the reasons for which become apparent on reading.
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Jul 30, 2014 · A tribute to the French writer Georges Perec, who wrote 480 memories starting with "I remember" in his book Memory. Learn about his influences, his style, and his legacy in this article by Nicole Rudick.
