Maurice Blanchot

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human literary theorist philosopher writer

Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist known for his influential reflections on literature, language, and the experience of absence and death.

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Maurice Blanchot canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
literary theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-09-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2003-02-20 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Strasbourg ⓘ
familyName Blanchot ⓘ
fieldOfWork continental philosophy ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
philosophy of literature ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
givenName Maurice ⓘ
influenced Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Giorgio Agamben ⓘ
Jacques Derrida ⓘ
Jean-Luc Nancy ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe ⓘ
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Martin Heidegger ⓘ
knownFor exploration of absence and death in literature ⓘ
influence on post-structuralist thought ⓘ
reflections on literature and language ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mainInterest absence ⓘ
death ⓘ
language ⓘ
literature ⓘ
the outside ⓘ
movement French literature ⓘ
literary modernism ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
name Maurice Blanchot self-link ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableIdea literature as experience of the outside ⓘ
the disaster (le désastre) ⓘ
the neuter (le neutre) ⓘ
notableWork Le Livre à venir ⓘ
L’Entretien infini ⓘ
L’Espace littéraire ⓘ
L’Écriture du désastre ⓘ
Thomas l’Obscur ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Continental philosophy ⓘ
surface form: continental philosophy

phenomenology ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Quain, Saône-et-Loire, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
wrote Aminadab ⓘ
Au moment voulu ⓘ
La Communauté inavouable ⓘ
Le Dernier Homme ⓘ
Le Livre à venir ⓘ
Le Très-Haut ⓘ
L’Amitié ⓘ
L’Arrêt de mort ⓘ
L’Attente l’oubli ⓘ
L’Entretien infini ⓘ
L’Espace littéraire ⓘ
L’Écriture du désastre ⓘ
Thomas l’Obscur ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Michel Foucault → influencedBy → Maurice Blanchot ⓘ
Maurice Blanchot → name → Maurice Blanchot self-link ⓘ
Surrealist Group in Paris → hasMember → Maurice Blanchot ⓘ
Paul Valéry → influenced → Maurice Blanchot ⓘ
Georges Bataille → influenced → Maurice Blanchot ⓘ