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Monique Wittig
AuthorBooks · Second hand1935-2003
Monique Wittig 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.
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Birth
1935
Death
2003
First book
1964
Years writing
62
Monique Wittig was an influential French writer and philosopher who transformed literature with her radical perspective.
Her most iconic work, Les Guérillères, has become a foundational text for contemporary feminism.
Through her essays, such as The Straight Mind, she challenged established social and gender structures.
Her writing boldly explores lesbian identity, giving it a central place in narrative and literary theory.
Beyond her work as a novelist, Wittig stood out as a tireless activist and a committed university professor.