Hélène Cixous, born in 1937, is a French writer, playwright and literary critic long associated with the Centre universitaire de Vincennes, later the University of Paris VIII, which she co-founded in 1969 and where she created the first women's studies center at a European university. She has written more than seventy books spanning theatre, literary and feminist theory, art criticism, autobiography and poetic fiction. Her 1976 essay The Laugh of the Medusa established her as one of the founding thinkers of post-structural feminism.
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Hélène Cixous ( sihk-SOO; French: [siksu]; born 5 June 1937) is a French writer, playwright and literary critic.
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She is perhaps best known for her 1976 article "The Laugh of the Medusa", which established her as one of the early thinkers in post-structural feminism.
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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.
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