Hélène Cixous at the NYS Writers Institute in 2007

Helene Cixous, Algeria-born French intellectual, novelist, playwright, memoirist and prose poet, is a major postmodern author and a leading figure in the fields of cultural and literary theory. Jacques Derrida proclaimed her "the greatest writer in what I will call my language, the French language if you like." Her major works of criticism include Stigmata: Surviving Texts (1998), Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing (1991), and Coming to Writing (1977). Cixous is also the author of numerous plays and works of fiction. Recent publications in English translation include Dream I Tell You (2006), The Day I Wasn't There (2006), The Writing Notebooks (2004), and Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint (2003).

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[charrlotedelasalle]

One never is, no matter what you would love this to be.

[jackamo23]

Many thanks for sharing this fascinating insight into the methodologies of writing and the ontological approaches appropriated by Hélène Cixous. Her use of the English language flows so beautifully...is there anywhere to watch/buy/download the entire lecture?