Maurice Blanchot

French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist (1907–2003)

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Born: 22 September 1907, Devrouze , Saône-et-Loire , France
Died: 20 February 2003 (2003-02-20) (aged 95), Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis , France
Education: University of Strasbourg (B.A., 1922), University of Paris (M.A., 1930)
Era: 20th-century philosophy
Region: Western philosophy
School: Continental philosophy phenomenology of aesthetic experience
Main interests: Ethics poetics philosophy of death philosophy of language literary criticism political philosophy

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Maurice Blanchot (/blɑːnˈʃoʊ/ blahn-SHOH; French: [blɑ̃ʃo]; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant influence on post-structuralist philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy.

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