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Édouard Glissant
French writer, poet, philosopher and literary critic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011)[1] was a French writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic from Martinique.[2] He is an influential figure in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary and Francophone literature.[1]
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Born | (1928-09-21)21 September 1928 |
Died | 3 February 2011(2011-02-03) (aged 82)[1] |
Education | PhD: Musée de l'Homme · University of Paris |
Alma mater | Musée de l'Homme University of Paris |
Notable work | Poetics of Relation |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | French philosophy |
School | Postcolonialism |
Notable ideas | Poetics of relation · theory of the rhizome |
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