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Monique Wittig (1935–2003) was a French essayist, novelist, philosopher, and university teacher. Born in Dannemarie, she held French citizenship and worked in the fields of essay, gender studies, feminism, and French literature. Wittig was a member of the Gouines rouges, Daisies, Mouvement de libération des femmes, and Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire. She participated in the Manifesto of the 343 and was associated with the movements of material feminism, radical feminism, and radical lesbianism.
Her notable works include Les Guérillères, The Straight Mind and Other Essays, Le chantier littéraire, El cuerpo lesbiano, and La pensée straight. She received the Prix Médicis award. Wittig was married to Sande Zeig and taught at the University of Arizona. She spoke and wrote in French and English. She died of myocardial infarction in Tucson on natural causes.
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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
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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
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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
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- 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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