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Régis Debray
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Régis Debray, born Jules Régis Debray on 2 September 1940 in Paris, is a French philosopher, writer, official, and journalist. He is a member of the Académie Goncourt and the Socialist Party. Debray was educated at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, the École Normale Supérieure, and the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. His doctoral advisor was François Dagognet.
He has written in French, with his works including the essay *La divine machinerie*, *La neige brûle*, and *revolution in the revolution?*. Debray has received the Concours général, Prix Femina, Prix Décembre, and Today Prize. He is married to Elizabeth Burgos and has a child named Laurence Debray. He has also held the position of president.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 02 September 1940
- Works
- 210
Top works
- 30 ans de débats
- La divine machinerie
- revolution in the revolution?
- La neige brûle
- revolution in the revolution
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-09-02 ) 2 September 1940 (age 85) , Paris, Occupied France
- Occupation
- Journalist, writer, academic
- Language
- French
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure , Pantheon-Sorbonne University
- Genre
- Philosophy, current events
- Notable awards
- Prix Femina , Prix Décembre
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Burgos
- Child
- Laurence Debray
- Occupation
- novelist
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
- Political party
- Socialist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- François Dagognet
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Genre
- essay
- Official website
- regisdebray.com
- Image
- Regis Debray.jpg
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- Commons category
- Régis Debray
- date of birth
- 1940-09-02
- name in native language
- Régis Debray
- birth name
- Jules Régis Debray
- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Jules Régis Debray ( French: [ʒyl ʁeʒis dəbʁɛ]; born 2 September 1940) is a French philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in human society, and for associating with Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967 and advancing Salvador Allende's presidency in Chile in the early 1970s. He returned to France in 1973 and later held various official posts in the French government.
Life
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