Georges Perec

Georges Perec (1936-1982) was born in Paris to Polish Jewish immigrants. His father died fighting in the French army in 1940, and his mother was deported to Auschwitz, where she perished. Raised by an aunt and uncle, Perec grew up with a profound sense of absence that permeated his literary work. He studied sociology at the Sorbonne, worked as a research librarian, and joined the Oulipo (Ouvroir de litterature potentielle), a group of writers and mathematicians dedicated to creating literature through formal constraints. This author hub collects 2 works in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Life, a User's Manual.