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