Michel Butor was born near Lille, France on September 14, 1926. He studied philosophy and literature before becoming a teacher and working mainly abroad in Egypt, England, Greece, and the United States. He built a multi-faceted body of work that included books, essays, and poems. His books include A Change of Heart, Mobile, Degrees, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ape: A Caprice, and Frontiers. La Modification (Second Thoughts) won the Renaudot Prize. His literary and art criticism are contained in Repertoire I to IV and Illustrations I to IV respectively. He died on August 24, 2016 at the age of 89.
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