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Monique Wittig

French writer (1935-2003) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 67

Monique Wittig was a French author, philosopher, and feminist theorist who wrote about abolition of the sex-class system and coined the phrase "heterosexual contract." Her groundbreaking work is titled The Straight Mind and Other Essays. She published her first novel, L'Opoponax, in 1964.

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Her second novel, Les Guérillères (1969), was a landmark text in the lesbian feminism canon.

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France
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1935 to 2003 · aged 67

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