Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)