Georges Bataille (1897–1962)
Author of Story of the Eye
About the Author
Georges Bataille was a French poet, novelist, and philosopher. He was born in Billon, Puy-de-Dome, in central France on September 10, 1897. His father was already blind and paralyzed from syphilis when Bataille was born. In 1915, Bataille's father died, his mind destroyed by his illness. The death show more marked his son for life. While working at the Bibliotheque National in Paris during the 1920s, Bataille underwent psychoanalysis and became involved with some of the intellectuals in the Surrealist movement, from whom he learned the concept of incongruous imagery in art. In 1946 he founded the journal Critique, which published the early work of some of his contemporaries in French intellectual life, including Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida. Bataille believed that in the darkest moments of human existence-in orgiastic sex and terrible death-lay ultimate reality. By observing them and even by experiencing them, actually in sex and vicariously in death, he felt that one could come as close as possible to fully experiencing life in all its dimensions. Bataille's works include The Naked Beast at Heaven's Gate (1956), A Tale of Satisfied Desire (1953), Death and Sensuality: A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo (1962), and The Birth of Art: Prehistoric Painting (1955). Bataille died in Paris on July 8, 1962. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Georges Bataille vers 1943
Series
Works by Georges Bataille
The Sacred Conspiracy: The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acéphale and Lectures to the College of… (1997) 77 copies
Das obszöne Werk: Die Geschichte des Auges. Madame Edwarda. Meine Mutter. Der Kleine. Der Tote (1977) 57 copies
La Mutilation sacrificielle et l'oreille coupée de Vincent Van Gogh : Suivi de Une automutilation révélatrice d'un… (2006) 9 copies
October 36: Georges Bataille 4 copies
Lotte or the transformation of the object — Contributor — 4 copies
Coryphea 3 copies
The Naked Breast at Heavens Gate 3 copies
Der große Zeh 3 copies
Scritti sul fascismo 1933-34: Contro Heidegger, La struttura psicologica del fascismo (2019) 2 copies
Lo imposible 2 copies
Poesie erotiche 2 copies
"Contre-Attaque" Union de lutte des intellectuels révolutionnaires : Les Cahiers et les autres documents, octobre 1935… (2013) 2 copies
Documentos ensayos 1 copy
Thǒrie de la religion 1 copy
Critique n°44, janvier 1951 1 copy
O Pequeno 1 copy
Letter to Rene Char, (1990) 1 copy
La letteratura del male 1 copy
Sade et la Morale 1 copy
HISTORIA E SYRIT 1 copy
バタイユ・ブランショ研究 — Author — 1 copy
Critica dell'occhio 1 copy
O morto 1 copy
Documentos 1 copy
Simona (Histoire de l'oeil) 1 copy
Hegel smrt in žrtvovanje 1 copy
La condizione del peccato 1 copy
Lord Auch. Histoire de l'oeil, nouvelle version. Avec six gravures originales à l'eau forte et au burin (1940) 1 copy
Van Gogh As Prometheus 1 copy
Nietzsche and the Fascists 1 copy
O Padre C. 1 copy
Den fördömda delen 1 copy
O Aleluia 1 copy
Associated Works
ダダ・シュルレアリスム新訳詩集 — Contributor — 1 copy
季刊パイデイア 6号 1969年夏 特集=シュルレアリスムと革命 — Contributor — 1 copy
新版 バタイユの世界 — Author — 1 copy
Soso No.11: April 1970 — Contributor — 1 copy
実存と虚無 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bataille, Georges
- Legal name
- Bataille, Georges Albert Maurice Victor
- Other names
- Angélique, Pierre
"Lord Auch" - Birthdate
- 1897-09-10
- Date of death
- 1962-07-08
- Burial location
- Cimetière communal, Vézelay, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Billom, Auvergne, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Cause of death
- Maladie (Artériosclérose)
- Places of residence
- Billom, France
Reims, France
Paris, France
Madrid, Spain - Education
- École Nationale des Chartes (1922)
School of Advanced Spanish Studies, Madrid, Spain - Occupations
- philosopher
public intellectual
Archivist
Librarian - Relationships
- Bataille, Laurence (daughter)
Einstein, Carl (co-editor) - Organizations
- College de Sociologie (1937-1939)
Acéphale
Bibliotheque National
Members
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Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 203
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 10,360
- Popularity
- #2,293
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 127
- ISBNs
- 533
- Languages
- 24
- Favorited
- 57