Roger Caillois

Roger Caillois
Born	(1913-03-03)3 March 1913 Reims, France
Died	21 December 1978(1978-12-21) (aged 65) Paris, France
Occupation	Sociologist, ludologist
Notable awards	Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; Marcel Proust Awards; European Union Prize for Literature

Roger Caillois (French: [ʁɔʒe kajwa]; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, ludology and philosophy by focusing on diverse subjects such as games and play as well as 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.^[1]