Catherine Clément
Catherine Clément (born 10 February 1939) is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born to a Jewish mother in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure, and studied under its faculty Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine, she has published books with Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva.
Also recorded as Catherine Clement
Catherine Clément
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- Name
- Catherine Clément
- Born
- 10 February 1939
- Birthplace
- Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Education
- École Normale Supérieure
- Movement
- * French feminism
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, philosopher, literary critic, essayist, novelist, chronicler and psychologist.
- Fields
- essay.
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit, Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts and Literature and Science.
- Languages
- French.
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Catherine Clément (born 10 February 1939) is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born to a Jewish mother in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure, and studied under its faculty Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine, she has published books with Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva.
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Catherine Clément (born 1939) is a French chronicler, essayist and literary critic, among other activities. The chronicler was born in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Catherine Clément studied at École Normale Supérieure. The chronicler worked for France Culture, Le Matin de Paris and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Catherine Clément is active in essay.
Languages used include French. The chronicler received Commander of the Legion of Honour and Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit.
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She has also made contributions to musicology; 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 in 2012 and the Commander of the Legion of Honour in 2017.
Catherine Clément studied at École Normale Supérieure. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is essay. Employment is recorded with University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France Culture and Le Matin de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit and Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science.
Photograph taken during the 2009 edition of the 'Comédie du Livre' of Montpellier, France.
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Key facts
• Name — Catherine Clément • Born — 10 February 1939 • Birthplace — Boulogne-Billancourt, France • Language — French • Education — École Normale Supérieure • Movement — * French feminism • Écriture féminine
Novels
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) • Les Ravissements du Grand Moghol, Seuil, 2016 • Indu Boy, Seuil, 2018 • * • * • * • * • *
Essays
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 Hélène Cixous 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 » (nº 50), série Histoire. Paris: Gallimard, 1989, 2 édition, 1990, new edition in 2008 • Gandhi: Father of a Nation, 'New Horizons' series. London: Thames & Hudson, 1996 • Gandhi: The Power of Pacifism, "Abrams Discoveries" 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 w/ 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
Journalism
• Literary critic and philosopher for Le Matin de Paris • 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
Life and career
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1939
Catherine Clément born at Boulogne-Billancourt.
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scholarly publication
- Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément, Feminist Literary Criticism, 2014
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2014
- Païenne by Catherine Clément (review), The French Review, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q452742: Catherine Clément
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- “Catherine Clément”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Forward. Catherine Clément: a French Author of Memory and Understanding.
- 2.The Hindu, Obituary of Claude Levi-Strauss, 5 November 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2016
- 3.Légifrance. Décret du 14 novembre 2012 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier.
- 4.Légifrance. Décret du 30 décembre 2017 portant promotion.
- 5.Éditions Gallimard. Gandhi : Athlète de la liberté, collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 50). gallimard.fr. 2008.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Catherine Clement. Her recorded language was French. Clément worked in essay. She was employed by University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France Culture and Le Matin de Paris. Clément received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit and Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science.
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