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Julia Kristeva

1941 - Today

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Julia Kristeva (; French: [kʁisteva]; born Yuliya Stoyanova Krasteva, Bulgarian: Юлия Стоянова Кръстева [ˈkrɤstɛvɐ]; 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 Columbia University, and is now a professor emerita at Université Paris Cité. The author of more than 30 books, including Powers of Horror, Tales of Love, Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, Proust and the Sense of Time, and the trilogy Female Genius, she has been awarded Commander of the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of Merit, the Holberg International Memorial Prize, the Hannah Arendt Prize, and the Vision 97 Foundation Prize, awarded by the Havel Foundation. Kristeva became influential in international critical analysis, cultural studies and feminism after publishing her first book, Semeiotikè, in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julia Kristeva is the 212th most popular philosopher (down from 209th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bulgarian Philosopher.

Julia Kristeva is most famous for her contributions to semiotics, psychoanalysis, and feminism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Julia Kristeva ranks 212 out of 1,267. Before her are Hasan al-Basri, Alcmaeon of Croton, Moses Mendelssohn, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Georgi Plekhanov, and Vasishtha. After her are Miguel de Unamuno, Orosius, Baltasar Gracián, Hippasus, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Theano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Julia Kristeva ranks 27. Before her are Vivienne Westwood, Martha Argerich, Harry Nilsson, Václav Klaus, Faye Dunaway, and M. Stanley Whittingham. After her are Fausto Cercignani, Dick Cheney, Mahmoud Darwish, Laura Antonelli, Jon Brower Minnoch, and Franco Nero.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Julia Kristeva ranks 15 out of 415. Before her are Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Marcian (396), and Diogenes of Apollonia (-460). After her are Tiberius II Constantine (520), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Talaat Pasha (1874), Kubrat (605), Saint Naum (830), and Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Bulgaria

Among philosophers born in Bulgaria, Julia Kristeva ranks 2. Before her are Diogenes of Apollonia (-460). After her are Peter Deunov (1864).

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