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Georges Perec

Georges Perec

Known for

Writing

Born

March 7, 1936

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

March 3, 1982 (aged 45)

Biography

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 murdered in the Holocaust, and many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play.

Best known work

Serie Noire

Serie Noire

1979
The Man Who Sleeps

The Man Who Sleeps

1974
Return to the Beloved

Return to the Beloved

1979
Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975
The Places of a Fugue

The Places of a Fugue

1978
Ellis Island Tales

Ellis Island Tales

1980
Ahô: The Forest People

Ahô: The Forest People

1975
Jupiter

Jupiter

1971
Ciné regards

Ciné regards

1978
Going Up Vilin Street

Going Up Vilin Street

1992

Filmography

  1. 2021

    Georges Perec, The Man Who Refused to Forget

    as Georges Perec

  2. 2000

  3. 1992

  4. 1980

  5. 1980

    Ellis Island TalesTV

    Writer

  6. 1979

  7. 1979

    Serie Noire

    Dialogue, Writer

  8. 1978

    The Places of a Fugue

    Director, Writer

  9. 1978

    Ciné regardsTV

    as Self (3 episodes)

  10. 1975

    Ahô: The Forest People

    as Narrator, Writer

  11. 1975

    ApostrophesTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  12. 1974

    The Man Who Sleeps

    Original Story, Screenplay

  13. 1971

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