Roland Barthes
Deceased Q179109

Roland Barthes

French philosopher and essayist

Born: November 12, 1915 (1915) · Cherbourg
Died: March 26, 1980 (1980) · Paris
Age at death: 64 years
Cause of death: struck by vehicle
Manner of death: accidental death
Nationality France
Occupation writer, university teacher, philosopher, sociologist, literary critic, essayist, mythographer, literary theorist, ontologist, semiologist
Field of work literary criticism, literary activity, semiotics, literary theory, semiotic literary criticism
Education Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Montaigne, Faculty of Arts of Paris
Employer Collège de France, National Center for Scientific Research, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Gender male

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