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Monique Wittig

1935 - 2003

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Monique Wittig (French: [vitig]; 13 July 1935 – 3 January 2003) was a French author, philosopher, and feminist theorist who wrote about abolition of the sex-class system and coined the phrase "heterosexual contract." Her groundbreaking work is titled The Straight Mind and Other Essays. She published her first novel, L'Opoponax, in 1964. Her second novel, Les Guérillères (1969), was a landmark in lesbian feminism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Monique Wittig is the 1,189th most popular writer (down from 1,140th in 2019), the 1,351st most popular biography from France (down from 1,300th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Monique Wittig ranks 1,189 out of 7,302. Before her are Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Donna Leon, Bernardino de Sahagún, Joanot Martorell, Zachris Topelius, and Jernej Kopitar. After her are Michael Connelly, Ljudevit Gaj, Marshall Rosenberg, Ugo Foscolo, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Sarah, Duchess of York.

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Among people born in 1935, Monique Wittig ranks 61. Before her are Udo Lattek, Abdou Diouf, Zhelyu Zhelev, William Friedkin, Ernesto Laclau, and David Lodge. After her are Seiji Ozawa, Mirella Freni, Pranab Mukherjee, Donald P. Bellisario, Wim Duisenberg, and Azzedine Alaïa. Among people deceased in 2003, Monique Wittig ranks 52. Before her are Jack Elam, David M. Brown, David Dacko, Roberto Bolaño, Eizo Yuguchi, and Franco Corelli. After her are Tadao Horie, Diana Mosley, Moktar Ould Daddah, William C. McCool, Rasul Gamzatov, and John Schlesinger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Monique Wittig ranks 1,351 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-Claude Killy (1943), Charles Leclerc (1772), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Michel Adanson (1727), and Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678). After her are Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580), Jane Avril (1868), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Félix Savart (1791), Maine de Biran (1766), and Pierre Lescot (1515).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Monique Wittig ranks 173. Before her are Alain-Fournier (1886), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Marcel Pagnol (1895), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Jean de Joinville (1224), and Michel Butor (1926). After her are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Léo Taxil (1854), Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), and Charles Péguy (1873).

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