Georges Perec grew up with his uncle and aunt because his father and
mother died during World War II. He stopped studying to become a
writer. In 1965, he wrote his first book, Les Choses. In 1967, he
became a OuLiPo member. Then he wrote La Disparition, a novel written
without using the letter E (!) and Les Revenentes, a novel written
without using the letters A, I, O, U (!!!) He adapted one of his
novels,
The Man Who Sleeps (1974) with
Bernard Queysanne. He's regarded as one of the most
important French writer of the 20th century.