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Hélène Cixous

1937 - Today

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Hélène Cixous (; 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: theatre, literary and feminist theory, art criticism, autobiography and poetic fiction. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hélène Cixous is the 977th most popular writer (up from 1,105th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 37th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among writers, Hélène Cixous ranks 977 out of 7,302. Before her are Raymond Carver, Venantius Fortunatus, Jean Giraudoux, Viktor Shklovsky, Abraham Abulafia, and Sonia Rykiel. After her are Avienus, Sin Saimdang, Victorien Sardou, Bruce Chatwin, Heinrich Kramer, and Philip Pullman.

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Among people born in 1937, Hélène Cixous ranks 59. Before her are Roberta Flack, Angelo Badalamenti, Sajida Talfah, Abu Nidal, Vladimir Arnold, and Sigmund Jähn. After her are Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ferdinand Piëch, Mario Capecchi, Tsukasa Hosaka, Fernando de la Rúa, and Lionel Jospin.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Hélène Cixous ranks 29 out of 213. Before her are Daniel Auteuil (1950), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Jacques Rancière (1940), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Syphax (-250), and Marcel Cerdan (1916). After her are Edwige Fenech (1948), Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100), Chadli Bendjedid (1929), Marlène Jobert (1940), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), and Mohamed Boudiaf (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Hélène Cixous ranks 3. Before her are Albert Camus (1913), and Apuleius (125). After her are Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Assia Djebar (1936), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Robert Merle (1908), Boualem Sansal (1949), Kateb Yacine (1929), Al-Busiri (1213), Isaac Alfasi (1013), and Mohammed Dib (1920).

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