Georges Bataille

WriterActor
Born
September 16, 1897
Died
July 9, 1962

Bataille's difficult childhood (his father blind and paralyzed, died when Georges was a teen; his mother attempted suicide) fuels his last novel, Ma mère, discovered after Georges Bataille's death. In the novel, a pious Catholic boy, planning to become a priest to spite his controlling, atheist…

Actor

A Day in the Country(1946)as Seminarian

Archive Footage

Cinq films sur cinq écrivains(2011)as Self
Un siècle d'écrivains(1995)as Self

Archive Sound

Les Nuits de France Culture(1994)as Self