Hélène Cixous

Hélène Cixous (/sɪkˈs/; French: [siksu]; born 5 June 1937) is a French writer, playwright and literary critic. During her academic career, she was primarily associated with the Centre universitaire de Vincennes (today's University of Paris VIII), which she co-founded in 1969 and where she created the first centre of women's studies at a European university. Known for her experimental writing style and great versatility as a writer and thinker, she has written more than seventy books dealing with multiple genres: theater, literary and feminist theory, art criticism, autobiography and poetic fiction.

Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous, Sept. 2011.
Born (1937-06-05) 5 June 1937
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
French feminism
InstitutionsUniversity of Paris VIII
European Graduate School
Cornell University
Doctoral studentsFrédéric Regard
Main interests
Literary criticism

She first gained attention in 1969 with her first work of fiction, Dedans (Inside), a semi-autobiographical novel which won the Prix Médicis and explored the themes of identity, memory, death and writing. She is perhaps best known for her 1976 article "The Laugh of the Medusa", which established her as one of the early thinkers in post-structural feminism. She has collaborated with several artists and directors, such as Adel Abdessemed, Pierre Alechinsky, Simone Benmussa, Jacques Derrida, Simon Hantaï, Daniel Mesguich and Ariane Mnouchkine. She is considered a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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