Cixous, Helene

Helene Cixouswas born in Oran, Algeria, and is emeritus professor of literature at the Universite Paris VIII, where she founded and directed the Centre de recherches en etudes feminines. She is the author of more than seventy works of fiction, plays, and collections of critical essays; recent titles in English translation include"So Close", "Zero s Neighbour: Sam Beckett", "Hemlock", and"Philippines".