Roland Barthes Biography

Roland Barthes biography

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NAME: Roland Barthes
OCCUPATION: Philosopher, Literary Critic, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: November 12, 1915
DEATH DATE: March 25, 1980
EDUCATION: Sorbonne
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cherbourg, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Full Name: Roland Gérard Barthes
AKA: Roland Barthes

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Roland Barthes was a French literary philosopher whose work influenced structuralism, semiotics and anthropology.

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Roland Barthes was born on November 12, 1915, in Cherbourg, France. Educated at the Sorbonne, he was a literary philosopher and helped establish structuralism as one of the leading intellectual movements of the 20th century. His work—which often pitted him against more traditional French scholars—made important advances in the areas of semiotics, anthropology and post-structuralism. He died in 1980.