Philippe Muray

Philippe Muray (* 1945 in Angers ( Maine -et -Loire department ); † March 2, 2006 in Paris) was a French writer, satirist and cultural critic.

Life

Muray comes from a family of educated middle class. His father was a translator of American authors. After studying classical philology in Paris Muray worked as a writer. He died on 2 March 2006 from lung cancer and was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery.

Quotes

  • "We live in the time of unification: a time where all are equal. It's that time of uniformity - Gehupft how to step - a progression after the match. "

" [ Nous sommes dans ] l' âge de l' indifférenciation. L' ère où tout le monde est pareil. Le temps du pareil. Pareil au même you. De la progression vers le pareil. "

From Philippe Muray, Le siècle à travers les XIXe âges (1984 ), éd. Gallimard, coll Tel, 1999, in part: " L' école nécromantique ", p. 449

  • " Sartre and Beauvoir, the famous Thénardier throughout the fiction. " (L' envie you Penal; dt The desire to punish ).

" Sartre et Beauvoir, les Thénardier célèbres des Lettres. " (L' envie du penal in " Exorcismes Spirituels I", Les Belles Lettres, 1997).

→ Jean -Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir.

Performance

Fabrice Luchini has read in 2010 at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris selected pages from Murays works with great success.

Books (selection)

Secondary literature

  • Alexandre de Vitry: L'invention de Philippe Muray, Carnets Nord, 2011
  • Maxence Caron: Philippe Muray, la femme et Dieu, Artège, 2011
  • [ collectif ]: Philippe Muray, ( dirigé par Maxence Caron et Jacques de Guillebon ), Éditions du Cerf, coll " Cahiers d' histoire de la philosophie ", 2011
  • Et François Ricard, Le magnum opus de Philippe Muray, in Le Devoir, 12 13 mars 2011, p. F 6
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