Michel Leiris, (born April 20, 1901, Paris, France—died Sept. 30, 1990, Saint-Hilaire) French writer who was a pioneer in modern confessional literature and was also a noted anthropologist, poet, and art critic.
In 1939 Leiris published the autobiographical L’Âge d’homme (Manhood), which attracted much attention and was reissued in 1946. Self-deprec…
