Catherine Clément
Writing
Catherine ClĂ©ment (born 10 February 1939) is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the Ăcole Normale SupĂ©rieure, and studied under its faculty Claude LĂ©vi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of French feminism and Ă©criture fĂ©minine, she has published books with HĂ©lĂšne Cixous and Julia Kristeva. She lived many years overseas, as her husband, AndrĂ© Lewin (1934â2012), 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 MĂ©rite in 2012 and the Commander of the Legion of Honour in 2017. Source: Article "Catherine ClĂ©ment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
