Given the question: Facts: - death place: paris , france - influences: play , games - death date: 21 december 1978 - awards: grand ; european union prize for literature prix de litterature policiere ; marcel proust awards - birth date: 03 march 1913 - name: roger caillois - nationality: french - influenced: game theory - birth place: reims , france - occupation: sociologist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roger caillois .
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roger caillois -lrb- ; 3 march 1913 -- 21 december 1978 -rrb- was a french intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism , sociology , and philosophy by focusing on diverse subjects such as games , play as well as the sacred .he was also instrumental in introducing latin american authors such as jorge luis borges , pablo neruda , miguel Angel asturias to the french public .after his death , the roger caillois french literary prize was named after him in 1991 .