William Marx (born 1966 in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon) is a French writer and researcher into literature. He is a researcher at the Collège de France,[1] where he is professor of Comparative Literature.[2] In 2010 he received the Montyon Prize of the Académie française.[3] In 2022 he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[4]
Publications
edit- La Haine de la littérature. Paris: Éditions de Minuit. 2015. ISBN 9782707329172.
- The Hatred of Literature. Translated by Elliott, Nicholas. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780674976122.
- The Tomb of Oedipus: Why Greek Tragedies Were not Tragic. Translated by Elliott, Nicholas. London-New York: Verso Books. 2022. ISBN 9781788736138.
References
edit- ^ "William Marx entre au Collège de France : " Pour une bibliothèque mondiale "". Le Monde.fr. 21 January 2020 – via Le Monde.
- ^ "William Marx | Collège de France - Academia.edu". college-de-france.academia.edu.
- ^ "Prix Montyon | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr.
- ^ "William Marx | Academia Europaea". www.ae-info.org.