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Monique Wittig

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born

July 13, 1935 in Dannemarie, Haut-Rhin, France

died

January 03, 2003

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies, Gay & Lesbian

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Monique Wittig was a French author and feminist theorist particularly interested in overcoming gender and the heterosexual contract. She published her first novel, L'opoponax, in 1964 . Her second novel, Les Guérillères (1969), was a landmark in lesbian feminism.

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Books by Monique Wittig

Average rating: 3.91 · 333 ratings · 62 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Straight Mind 4.03 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Les Guérillères by Monique Wittig, David Le Vay (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 127 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Lesbian Body by Monique Wittig, David Le Vay (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	My rating:
	L'opoponax: Roman 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Across the Acheron by Monique Wittig, David Le Vay (Translator), Margaret Crosland (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lesbian Peoples: Material for a Dictionary by Monique Wittig, Sande Zeig 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism by Brad Epps (Editor), Jonathan D. Katz (Editor, Contributor), Judith Butler (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Quotes by Monique Wittig

“There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent.”
― Monique Wittig

tags: feminism , identity , slavery

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“... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.”
― Monique Wittig

tags: wittig , writing-life

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“It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.”
― Monique Wittig

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