Pierre Macherey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pierre Macherey

French academic

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1938

Place of Birth: Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Profession: university teacher, literary critic, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Pierre Macherey (French: [ma??r?]; born 17 February 1938, Belfort) is a French Marxist literary critic at the University of Lille Nord de France.
A former student of Louis Althusser and collaborator on the influential volume Reading Capital, Macherey is a central figure in the development of French post-structuralism and Marxism.
His work is influential in literary theory and Continental philosophy in Europe (including Britain) though it is generally little read in the United States.