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Georges Bataille was a French writer, philosopher, and social critic.
* He was born in Billom, France in 1897.
* He studied at the École nationale des chartes in Paris.
* He was a member of the Surrealist movement in the 1920s.
* He founded the journal Acéphale in 1936.
* He wrote extensively on topics such as eroticism, violence, and religion.
* He died in Paris in 1962.
* His work has been influential on a wide range of thinkers, including Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, and Gilles Deleuze.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century French thought.