Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (born 1936)

Georges Perec

French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist

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 killed in the Holocaust. Many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often…