Marie Gil

Marie Gil is a French writer and Professor of French Literature in Paris.

Marie Gil

She studied at HEC Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sorbonne University, was a Fellow of the Fondation Thiers[1] and taught French Literature at Paris-Sorbonne University and at the University of Franche-Comté, and is currently vice-president of the Collège international de philosophie.[2] She is also director of the Roland Barthes research group at the Ecole Normale Supérieure.[3]

She is the author of various books and articles on the theory of literature and the theory of reading,[3] especially on the question of Literalism and Immanence, and she was noticed for her biography of Roland Barthes, in which she reads his life "as a text".[4] She is a contributing editor to the French newspapers Le Monde, and Le Nouvel Observateur[5] and used to do a weekly broadcast on France Musique.[6]

She is also a member of the Prix de littérature André Gide[7] and has published fiction.[8]