Catherine Clément, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Catherine Clément

French writer and philosopher

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France

Profession: writer, literary critic, philosopher, essayist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Catherine Clément (French: [klem?~]; born 10 February 1939) is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born in Boulogne-Billancourt.
She received a degree in philosophy from the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, and studied under such luminaries as Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis.
A member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine, she has published books with Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva. She lived many years overseas, as her husband, André Lewin (1934-2012), was a diplomat who was France's Ambassador to India, Austria, Guinea, Gambia and Senegal.