Catherine Clément (; born 10 February 1939) is a French

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

, and

literary critic A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature' ...

, born in

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris ...

. She received a degree in philosophy from the

École Normale Supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

, and studied under its faculty

Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lévi-Strauss ( ; ; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair o ...

and

Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, ; ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Sigmund Freud, Freud", Lacan gave The Seminars of Jacques Lacan, year ...

, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of

French feminism Feminism in France is the history of Feminism, feminist thought and movements in France. Feminism in France can be roughly divided into three waves: First-wave feminism from the French Revolution through the French Third Republic, Third Republic ...

and

écriture féminine ''Écriture féminine'', or "women's writing", is a term coined by French feminist and literary theorist Hélène Cixous in her 1975 essay "The Laugh of the Medusa". Cixous aimed to establish a genre of literary writing that deviates from tradit ...

, she has published books with

Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous (; ; born 5 June 1937) is a French writer, playwright and Literary criticism, literary critic. During her academic career, she was primarily associated with the Centre universitaire de Vincennes (today's University of Paris VIII) ...

and

Julia Kristeva Julia Kristeva (; ; born Yuliya Stoyanova Krasteva, ; on 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist, and novelist who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She has taught at Colum ...

. She has also made contributions to

musicology Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...

; her '' Opera, or the Undoing of Women'' (1979) is notable for its emphasis on the representation of women in opera. She lived many years overseas, as her husband, André Lewin (1934–2012), was a diplomat who was France's Ambassador to India, Austria, Guinea, Gambia and Senegal. She was awarded the Grand Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

in 2012 and the Commander of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

in 2017.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Bildoungue ou la vie de Freud'', Christian Bourgois, 1978 * ''La Sultane'', Grasset, 1981 * ''Le Maure de Venise'', Grasset, 1983 * ''Bleu Panique'', Grasset, 1986 * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur ou le cœur transporté'', Robert Laffont, 1991, (reissue: J'ai lu n°3957) * ''La Señora'', Calmann-Lévy (reissue: LGF-Livre de Poche n°8717) * ''Pour l'amour de l'Inde'', Flammarion, J'ai Lu, 1993 * ''La valse inachevée'', Calmann-Lévy, 1994 (reissue: Le Livre de Poche n°13942) * ''La Putain du diable'', Flammarion, 1996 (reissue: J'ai Lu n°4839) * ''Le Roman du Taj Mahal'', Noésis, 1997 * ''Les Dames de l'agave'', Flammarion, 1998 * ''Le Voyage de Théo'', Seuil, 1998 (Points Seuil n°P680) * ''Martin et Hannah'', Calmann-Lévy, 1999 (reissue: Le Livre de poche n°14798) * ''Afrique esclave'', Noésis, 1999 * ''Jésus au bûcher'', Seuil, 2000 * ''Cherche-midi'', Stock, 2000 (reissue: Le Livre de poche n°30048) * ''Les Mille Romans de Bénarès'', Noésis, 2000 * ''Le Sang du monde'', Seuil, 2004, sequel to ''Voyage de Théo'' * ''Les derniers jours de la déesse'', Stock, 2006 * ''La Princesse mendiante'', Panama, 2007 (on the life of Mirabai) * ''La Reine des cipayes'', Paris: Seuil, 2012, (on the life of

Rani Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (born Manikarnika Tambe; 1828 or 1835 – 18 June 1858), also known as Rani Lakshmibai, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The queen consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853, s ...

) *''Les Ravissements du Grand Moghol'', Seuil, 2016 *Indu Boy, Seuil, 2018 ** ** ** ** **

Essays

*''Lévi-Strauss ou la Structure et le malheur'', Seghers, 1re édition en 1970, 2e édition en 1974, dernière édition entièrement remaniée Le Livre de poche, « Biblio essais », 1985 * ''Le Pouvoir des mots'', Mame, « Repères sciences humaines », 1974 * ''Miroirs du sujet'', 10/18, série « Esthétiques », 1975 * "La Jeune Née", with

U.G.E., 1975 * ''Les fils de Freud sont fatigués'', Grasset, « Figures », 1978 * '' L'Opéra ou la Défaite des femmes'', Grasset, « Figures », 1979 * ''Vies et légendes de Jacques Lacan'', Grasset, « Figures », 1981, et Le Livre de poche, « Biblio essais », 1983 * ''Rêver chacun pour l'autre essai sur la politique culturelle'', Fayard, 1982 * ''Le Goût du miel'', Grasset, « Figures », 1987 * ''Gandhi : Athlète de la liberté'', collection «

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...

» (nº 50), série Histoire. Paris: Gallimard, 1989, 2 édition, 1990, new edition in 2008 ** ''Gandhi: Father of a Nation'', '

New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an Interplanetary spaceflight, interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institut ...

' series. London: Thames & Hudson, 1996 ** ''Gandhi: The Power of Pacifism'', "

Abrams Discoveries Abrams may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Abrams (surname), a list of notable people with the surname Places United States * Abrams, Wisconsin, a town * Abrams (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Abrams Mountain, Colorado * Abr ...

" series. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996 * ''La Syncope, philosophie du ravissement'', Grasset, « Figures », 1990 * ''La Pègre, la peste et les dieux'', chroniques du Festival d'Avignon, Éditions théâtrales, 1991 * ''Sissi : L'impératrice anarchiste'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 148), série Histoire. Paris: Gallimard, 1992 * ''Sollers, la fronde'', Julliard, 1995 * ''Les Révolutions de l'inconscient : histoire et géographie des maladies de l'âme'', La Martinière, 2001 "Le Divan et le Grigri" + Tobie Nathan, Odile Jacob, 1998 * ''Claude Lévi-Strauss'', PUF, « Que sais-je ? », 2003 * ''La Nuit et l'été : rapport sur la culture à la télévision'', Seuil/La Documentation française, 2003 * ''Pour Sigmund Freud'', Mengès, 2005 * ''Maison mère'', NIL, 2006 * ''Qu'est-ce qu'un peuple premier ?'', Panama, « Cyclo », 2006

Journalism

* Literary critic and philosopher for ''

Le Matin de Paris ''Le Matin de Paris'' (, ''The Morning of Paris'') was a French daily newspaper, founded on 1 March 1977 by Claude Perdriel, and disappearing in 1987 ("dépôt de bilan" on 6 May). Its foundation is the subject of the documentary ''Numéros zéro ...

'' * Member of the editorial board of the literary journal ''L'Arc'' * Member of the editorial board of ''La Nouvelle Critique'', a journal of Communist intellectuals * Member of the editorial board of ''Opéra International'' * Responsible for many issues of ''Magazine Littéraire''

References

External links

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