Who is Julia Kristeva?
Q: Who is Julia Kristeva?
A: Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist and novelist who has lived in France since the mid-1960s.
Q: What awards has she received?
A: She has been awarded Commander of the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of Merit, the Holberg International Memorial Prize, the Hannah Arendt Prize and the Vision 97 Foundation Prize by the Havel Foundation.
Q: What fields does her academic work cover?
A: Her academic work covers intertextuality, semiotics and abjection in linguistics, literary theory and criticism, psychoanalysis, biography and autobiography, political and cultural analysis as well as art and art history.
Q: When did she publish her first book?
A: She published her first book Semeiotikè in 1969.
Q: In what ways is she influential?
A: She is influential in international critical analysis, cultural studies and feminism.
Q: What kind of thought does she represent?
A: She represents structuralist and poststructuralist thought.
