Rene Daumal
René Daumal Born (1908-03-16)16 March 1908 Boulzicourt, Ardennes, France Died 21 May 1944(1944-05-21) (aged 36) Paris, France Nationality French Occupation Para-surrealist writer, poet Known for Mount Analogue (1952) Signature René Daumal (French:  ; 16 March 1908 – 21 May 1944) was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer and poet, best known for his posthumously published novel Mount Analogue (1952) as well as for being an early, outspoken practitioner of 'pataphysics.