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Roger Caillois
Roger Caillois (; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and philosophy by focusing on very diverse subjects such as games, surrealism, south-American literature, the mineral world, dreams and images, ethnology, the history of religions and the sacred. He was also instrumental in introducing Latin American authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda and Miguel Ángel Asturias to the French public. After his death, the French Literary award Prix Roger Caillois was named after him in 1991. Provided by WikipediaThe dream and human societies /
: "Based on the proceedings of the international colloquium on 'Le reve et les sociétés humaines, ' sponsored and organized by the Near Eastern Center, University of California, Los Angeles, and held at the Cercie Culturel de Royaumont, Abbaye de Royaumont, Asulères-sur-Oise, June 17 to June 23, 1962. : xiii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.