Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Hélène Cixous
Born: June 5, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Hélène Cixous is a professor, Algerian/French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician.
Known for:
- The book of Promethea (1991)
- The Newly Born Woman (Theory & History of Literature (1986)
- Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing (1993)
- Coming to writing and other essays (1991)
- The Third Body (1999)