03 November 2009 - 18H06
French anthropologist Levi-Strauss dead at 100
![French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, seen here in 2005, has died at the age of 100. Levi-Strauss helped shape Western thinking about human civilisation with his 1955 book "Tristes Tropiques".](http://www.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/aef_ct_wire_image_lightbox/images/afp/photo_1257267745704-1-0.jpg "French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, seen here in 2005, has died at the age of 100. Levi-Strauss helped shape Western thinking about human civilisation with his 1955 book "Tristes Tropiques".")
French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, seen here in 2005, has died at the age of 100. Levi-Strauss helped shape Western thinking about human civilisation with his 1955 book "Tristes Tropiques".
AFP - French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who helped shape Western thinking about human civilisation, has died at the age of 100, his publisher said Tuesday.
His death was announced by the Paris publisher Plon.
Levi-Strauss shot to prominence with his 1955 book "Tristes Tropiques", considered one of the 20th century's major works.
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