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'''Roger Caillois''' ([[March 3]], [[1913]] - [[December 21]], [[1978]]), was a French [[intellectual]] whose idiosyncratic work brought together [[literary criticism]], [[sociology]], and [[philosophy]] by focusing on subjects as diverse as [[gem]]s and the [[sacred]]http://en. He was also instrumental in introducing Latin American authors to the French publicwikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Caillois

'''Roger Caillois was born in ''' ([[March 3]], [[Reims1913]] but moved to - [[ParisDecember 21]] as a child. There he studied at the prestigious , [[Lycée Louis-le-Grand1978]]), an elite school where students took courses after graduating from secondary school in order to prepare for examinations for was a top spot at university. Caillois's efforts paid off and he entered the [[École Normale SupérieureFrench]], graduating in [[1933intellectual]]. After this he studied at the whose idiosyncratic [[École Pratique des Hautes Étudeswork]] where he came into contact with thinkers such as brought together [[Georges Dumézilliterary criticism]], [[Alexandre Kojèvesociology]], and [[Marcel Maussphilosophy]] by focusing on [[subjects]] as diverse as [[gem]]s and the [[sacred]]. He was also instrumental in introducing [[Latin]] American authors to the French [[public]].

The years before the war were marked by Caillois's increasingly leftist political commitment, particularly in his fight against fascism. He was also engaged [[born]] in [[Reims]] but moved to [[Paris's avant-garde intellectual life. With ]] as a [[Georges Bataillechild]] . There he founded studied at the prestigious [[College of SociologyLycée Louis-le-Grand]], a group of intellectuals who lectured regularly an [[elite]] [[school]] where students took courses after graduating from secondary school in [[order]] to one another. Formed partly as prepare for examinations for a reaction to the top spot at [[Surrealistuniversity]] movement that was dominant in the 1920s, the College sought to move away from surrealism's focus on the fantasy life of an individual. Caillois's unconscious efforts paid off and focus instead more on he entered the power of ritual and other aspects of communal life[[École Normale Supérieure]], graduating in [[1933]]. Caillois's background in After this he studied at the [[École Pratique des Hautes Études]] where he came into contact with thinkers such as [[anthropologyGeorges Dumézil]] and , [[sociologyAlexandre Kojève]], and particularly his interest in the sacred, exemplified this approach[[Marcel Mauss]].

The years before the war were marked by Caillois's increasingly [[leftist]] [[political]] commitment, particularly in his fight against [[fascism]]. He was also engaged in Paris's avant-garde intellectual [[life]]. With [[Georges Bataille]] he founded the [[College of Sociology]], a group of intellectuals who lectured regularly to one [[another]]. Formed partly as a reaction to the [[Surrealist]] movement that was dominant in the 1920s, the College sought to move away from [[surrealism]]'s focus on the [[fantasy]] life of an [[individual]]'s [[unconscious]] and focus instead more on the [[power]] of [[ritual]] and [[other]] aspects of communal life. Caillois's background in [[anthropology]] and [[sociology]], and particularly his interest in the sacred, exemplified this approach. Caillois [[left ]] [[France ]] in [[1939]] for [[Argentina]], where he stayed until the end of [[World War II|WWII]]. During the war he was [[active ]] in fighting the spread of [[Nazism ]] in Latin America as an editor and [[author ]] of anti-[[Nazi ]] periodicals. In [[1948]], after the war, he worked with [[UNESCO]] and traveled widely. In 1971 he was elected to the [[Académie Française]]. Today Caillois is remembered for founding and editing ''[[Diogenes]]'', an interdisciplinary journal funded by [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]], and ''Southern Cross'', a [[translation]] of contemporary Latin American authors published by [[Gallimard]] that is [[responsible]] for introducing authors such as [[Borges|J.L. Borges]] or [[Alejo Carpentier]] to the French-[[speaking]] public. caillois, r, 73, 99-100, 109 [[Seminar XI]]