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François Wahl (born May 13, 1925 in Paris , France , † September 15, 2014 in Avilly-Saint-Léonard , Département Oise , France) was a French philosopher and publisher .
Life
Wahl lost his father at the age of 18, who was the manager of the Parisian Galeries Lafayette and was betrayed as a Jew in 1943 . After his murder in Auschwitz , he joined the Maquis and returned there in 1944 on the occasion of the liberation of Paris. There he met Elie Wiesel and fought for independence from Israel together with the underground organization Lechi .
Wahl studied philosophy in Paris and began in 1956 at the Parisian Éditions du Seuil , where he founded the series L'Ordre philosophique together with Paul Ricœur . Works of structuralism such as those by Roland Barthes and Jacques Lacan appeared there .
In 1991 Wahl withdrew from the work of the publisher in order to be able to devote himself entirely to writing and initially published with Éditions du Seuil and later with Fayard in Paris.
Wahl lived with the Cuban poet and dramaturge Severo Sarduy until his death in 1993. He was a friend of Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne .
Publications
- Philosophy: La philosophie entre l'avant et l'après du structuralisme . Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1973, ISBN 2-02-000623-5 .
- Introduction to discours du tableau. (= L'ordre philosophique). Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-02-028985-7 .
- Le Perçu . Fayard, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-213-63441-8 .
Web links
- Obituary in Le Monde (fr.)
- Bibliotheque de france (fr.)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choice, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choice, Francois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French philosopher, author and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , Seine department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th September 2014 |
| Place of death | Avilly-Saint-Léonard , Oise department , France |