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Monique Wittig (1935–2003) was a French essayist, novelist, philosopher, and university teacher. Born in Dannemarie, she worked in the fields of essay, gender studies, feminism, and French literature. Her notable works include *Les Guérillères* and *The Straight Mind and Other Essays*. She received the Prix Médicis and was a participant in the Manifesto of the 343.
Wittig was a member of several organizations, including Gouines rouges, Daisies, the Mouvement de libération des femmes, and the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire. She served as a university teacher at the University of Arizona. Her spouse was Sande Zeig. She died of a myocardial infarction in Tucson.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935-07-13
- Died
- 2003-01-03
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Le chantier littéraire
- Les Guerilleres
- El cuerpo lesbiano
- La pensée straight
- Straight Dusunce
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1935
- Active to
- 2003
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 6
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/monique+wittig">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
· 2021 · cited 5,885x
- 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
· 2016 · cited 5,664x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,585x
- Sample sizes for saturation in qualitative research: A systematic review of empirical tests
· 2022 · cited 5,344x
- Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease and its contribution to ageing and neurodegeneration
· 2013 · cited 4,969x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1935-07-13 ) 13 July 1935, Dannemarie, Haut-Rhin , France
- Died
- 3 January 2003 (2003-01-03) (aged 67) , Tucson, Arizona , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author, feminist theorist, activist
- Education
- EHESS
- Subject
- Lesbianism , feminism
- Literary movement
- French feminism , radical feminism , materialist feminism , lesbian feminism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Monique
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Dannemarie
- Place of death
- Tucson
- Spouse
- Sande Zeig
- Occupation
- activist
- Educated at
- Sorbonne
- Employer
- University of Arizona
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Award
- Prix Médicis
- Notable work
- The Straight Mind and Other Essays
- Participant in
- Manifesto of the 343
- Field of work
- French literature
- Official website
- www.moniquewittig.com
- Image
- Monique Wittig (ph. Colette Geoffrey) (cropped).jpg
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1935-01-01
- date of death
- 2003-01-01
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Monique Wittig
- member of
- Mouvement de libération des femmes
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- Commons category
- Monique Wittig
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- influenced by
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Encyclopedic overview
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 text in the lesbian feminism canon.
Biography
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