Gabriel Marcel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1889

Place of Birth: 8th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1973

Profession: playwright, musician, literary critic, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gabriel Honoré Marcel (1889–1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist.
The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society.
Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term philosophy of existence or neo-Socrateanism to define his own thought.
The Mystery of Being is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel.