Julia Kristeva (; born Yuliya Stoyanova Krasteva, Юлия Стоянова Кръстева; on 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s.
Kristeva went on to study at the University of Sofia, and while a postgraduate there obtained a research fellowship that enabled her to move to France in December 1965, when she was 24.
After settling in Paris in 1965, she was cornered by Bulgarian spooks who pointed out to her that she still had a vulnerable family in the home country.
On August 2, 1967, Kristeva married the novelist Philippe Sollers, born Philippe Joyaux. Kristeva taught at Columbia University in the early 1970s, and remains a Visiting Professor.
But never mind: they could impress their boss by showing him a real international celeb on their books..." ==Selected writings== === Linguistic and literature === Séméiôtiké: recherches pour une sémanalyse, Paris, Seuil, 1969 (trans.
in Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art, New York, Columbia University Press, Blackwell, London, 1980) Le Langage, cet Inconnu, S.G.P.P., 1969; new ed., coll.
On August 2, 1967, Kristeva married the novelist Philippe Sollers, born Philippe Joyaux. Kristeva taught at Columbia University in the early 1970s, and remains a Visiting Professor.
She travelled to China in the 1970s and later wrote About Chinese Women (1977). ===The "semiotic" and the "symbolic"=== One of Kristeva's most important contributions is that signification is composed of two elements, the symbolic and the semiotic, the latter being distinct from the discipline of semiotics founded by Ferdinand de Saussure.
She was supposedly recruited in June 1971.
The Unknown: an Initiation into Linguistics", Columbia University Press, Harvester Wheatsheaf, London, 1989) La Révolution Du Langage Poétique: l'avant-garde à la fin du 19e siècle, Lautréamont et Mallarmé, Seuil, Paris, 1974 (abridged trans.
The Severed Head: capital visions, Columbia University Press, New York, 2012) === Autobiographical essays === Des Chinoises, édition des Femmes, Paris, 1974 (About Chinese Women, Marion Boyars, London, 1977 Du mariage considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts, Fayard, Paris, 2015 (Marriage as a Fine Art (with Philippe Sollers) Columbia University Press, New York 2016 Je me voyage.
containing only the first third of the original French edition, Revolution in Poetic Language, Columbia University Press, New York, 1984) Polylogue, Seuil, Paris, 1977 (trans.
The Severed Head: capital visions, Columbia University Press, New York, 2012) === Autobiographical essays === Des Chinoises, édition des Femmes, Paris, 1974 (About Chinese Women, Marion Boyars, London, 1977 Du mariage considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts, Fayard, Paris, 2015 (Marriage as a Fine Art (with Philippe Sollers) Columbia University Press, New York 2016 Je me voyage.
She trained in psychoanalysis, and earned her degree in 1979.
in Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art, New York, Columbia University Press, Blackwell, London, 1980) Le Langage, cet Inconnu, S.G.P.P., 1969; new ed., coll.
in Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art, New York, Columbia University Press, Blackwell, London, 1980) Histoires d’amour, Denoël, Paris, 1983 (trans.
Points, Seuil, 1981 (trans.
in 1981 as "Language.
Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, Columbia University Press, New York, 1982) Au commencement était l’amour.
in Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art, New York, Columbia University Press, Blackwell, London, 1980) Histoires d’amour, Denoël, Paris, 1983 (trans.
Unraveling the Double-bind, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1983 ==External links== Holberg Prize Interview with Julia Kristeva in Exberliner Magazine Julia Kristeva: A Bibliography by Hélène Volat Goodnow, Katherine J.(2015).
containing only the first third of the original French edition, Revolution in Poetic Language, Columbia University Press, New York, 1984) Polylogue, Seuil, Paris, 1977 (trans.
Psychanalyse et foi, Hachette, Paris, 1985 (trans.
Toril Moi, Columbia University Press, New York, 1986 The Portable Kristeva, ed.
Tales of Love, Columbia University Press, New York, 1987) Le Temps sensible.
Psychoanalysis and Faith, Columbia University Press, New York, 1987) Soleil Noir.
Dépression et mélancolie, Gallimard, Paris, 1987 (trans.
The Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, Columbia University Press, New York, 1989) Etrangers à nous-mêmes, Fayard, Paris, 1988 (Strangers to Ourselves, Columbia University Press, New York, 1991) Lettre ouverte à Harlem Désir, Rivages, Paris, 1990, (trans.
The Unknown: an Initiation into Linguistics", Columbia University Press, Harvester Wheatsheaf, London, 1989) La Révolution Du Langage Poétique: l'avant-garde à la fin du 19e siècle, Lautréamont et Mallarmé, Seuil, Paris, 1974 (abridged trans.
The Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, Columbia University Press, New York, 1989) Etrangers à nous-mêmes, Fayard, Paris, 1988 (Strangers to Ourselves, Columbia University Press, New York, 1991) Lettre ouverte à Harlem Désir, Rivages, Paris, 1990, (trans.
The Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, Columbia University Press, New York, 1989) Etrangers à nous-mêmes, Fayard, Paris, 1988 (Strangers to Ourselves, Columbia University Press, New York, 1991) Lettre ouverte à Harlem Désir, Rivages, Paris, 1990, (trans.
Kritzman, Columbia University Press, New York, 2019) ===Novels=== Les Samouraïs, Fayard, Paris, 1990 (trans.
The Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, Columbia University Press, New York, 1989) Etrangers à nous-mêmes, Fayard, Paris, 1988 (Strangers to Ourselves, Columbia University Press, New York, 1991) Lettre ouverte à Harlem Désir, Rivages, Paris, 1990, (trans.
The Samurai: A Novel, Columbia University Press, New York, 1992) Le Vieil homme et les loups, Fayard, Paris, 1991(trans.
The Samurai: A Novel, Columbia University Press, New York, 1992) Le Vieil homme et les loups, Fayard, Paris, 1991(trans.
Martin's Press, New york, 1996. Oliver, Kelly, Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's Writing, Routledge Édition, New York, 1993 Crownfield, David, Body/Text in Julia Kristeva: Religion, Women, and Psychoanalysis, State University of New York Press, 1992 Oliver, Kelly, Reading Kristeva.
Columbia University Press, New York, 1993 Les Nouvelles maladies de l’âme, Fayard, Paris, 1993 (trans.
Martin's Press, New york, 1996. Oliver, Kelly, Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's Writing, Routledge Édition, New York, 1993 Crownfield, David, Body/Text in Julia Kristeva: Religion, Women, and Psychoanalysis, State University of New York Press, 1992 Oliver, Kelly, Reading Kristeva.
Proust et l’expérience littéraire, Gallimard, Paris, 1994 (trans.
The Old Man and the Wolves, Columbia University Press, New York, 1994) Possessions, Fayard, Paris, 1996 (trans.
Columbia University Press, New York, 1995) Sens et non sens de la révolte, Fayard, Paris, 1996 (trans.
Time and Sense: Proust and the experience of literature, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996) Dostoïevski, Buchet-Chastel, Paris, 2020 === Psychoanalysis and philosophy === Pouvoirs de l’horreur.
Columbia University Press, New York, 1995) Sens et non sens de la révolte, Fayard, Paris, 1996 (trans.
The Old Man and the Wolves, Columbia University Press, New York, 1994) Possessions, Fayard, Paris, 1996 (trans.
Martin's Press, New york, 1996. Oliver, Kelly, Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's Writing, Routledge Édition, New York, 1993 Crownfield, David, Body/Text in Julia Kristeva: Religion, Women, and Psychoanalysis, State University of New York Press, 1992 Oliver, Kelly, Reading Kristeva.
The Sense of Revolt, Columbia University Press, 2000) La Révolte intime, Fayard, 1997 (trans.
Kelly Oliver, Columbia University Press, New York, 1997 Crisis of the European Subject, Other Press, New York, 2000 La Haine et le pardon, ed.
3, Fayard, Paris, 2002 Vision capitales, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1998 (trans.
Possessions: A Novel, Columbia University Press, New York, 1998) Meurtre à Byzance, Fayard, Paris, 2004 (trans.
Intimate Revolt, Columbia University Press, 2002) Le Génie féminin: la vie, la folie, les mots, Fayard, Paris, 1999- (trans.
1, Fayard, Paris, 1999 *2.
The Sense of Revolt, Columbia University Press, 2000) La Révolte intime, Fayard, 1997 (trans.
2, Fayard, Paris, 2000 *3.
Kelly Oliver, Columbia University Press, New York, 1997 Crisis of the European Subject, Other Press, New York, 2000 La Haine et le pardon, ed.
Female Genius: Life, Madness, Words, Columbia University Press, New York, 2001–2004): *1.
Intimate Revolt, Columbia University Press, 2002) Le Génie féminin: la vie, la folie, les mots, Fayard, Paris, 1999- (trans.
3, Fayard, Paris, 2002 Vision capitales, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1998 (trans.
Murder in Byzantium deals with themes from orthodox Christianity and politics; she referred to it as "a kind of anti-Da Vinci Code". ==Honors== For her "innovative explorations of questions on the intersection of language, culture and literature", Kristeva was awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2004.
Possessions: A Novel, Columbia University Press, New York, 1998) Meurtre à Byzance, Fayard, Paris, 2004 (trans.
with a foreword by Pierre-Louis Fort, Fayard, Paris, 2005 (trans.
She won the 2006 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought.
Murder in Byzantium, Columbia University Press, New York, 2006) Thérèse mon amour : récit.
Sainte Thérèse d’Avila, Fayard, 2008 (trans.
Hatred and forgiveness, Columbia University Press, New York, 2010) Pulsions du temps, foreword, edition and notes by David Uhrig, Fayard, Paris, 2013 (trans.
Slasher films thus provide a way for audience members to safely reenact the process of abjection by vicariously expelling and destroying the mother figure. Kristeva is also known for her adoption of Plato’s idea of the chora, meaning "a nourishing maternal space" (Schippers, 2011).
The Severed Head: capital visions, Columbia University Press, New York, 2012) === Autobiographical essays === Des Chinoises, édition des Femmes, Paris, 1974 (About Chinese Women, Marion Boyars, London, 1977 Du mariage considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts, Fayard, Paris, 2015 (Marriage as a Fine Art (with Philippe Sollers) Columbia University Press, New York 2016 Je me voyage.
Hatred and forgiveness, Columbia University Press, New York, 2010) Pulsions du temps, foreword, edition and notes by David Uhrig, Fayard, Paris, 2013 (trans.
The Severed Head: capital visions, Columbia University Press, New York, 2012) === Autobiographical essays === Des Chinoises, édition des Femmes, Paris, 1974 (About Chinese Women, Marion Boyars, London, 1977 Du mariage considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts, Fayard, Paris, 2015 (Marriage as a Fine Art (with Philippe Sollers) Columbia University Press, New York 2016 Je me voyage.
An Imagined Life of the Saint of Avila, Columbia University Press, New York, 2015) L’Horloge enchantée, Fayard, Paris, 2015 (trans.
The Severed Head: capital visions, Columbia University Press, New York, 2012) === Autobiographical essays === Des Chinoises, édition des Femmes, Paris, 1974 (About Chinese Women, Marion Boyars, London, 1977 Du mariage considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts, Fayard, Paris, 2015 (Marriage as a Fine Art (with Philippe Sollers) Columbia University Press, New York 2016 Je me voyage.
Entretien avec Samuel Dock, Fayard, Paris, 2016 (A Journey Across Borders and Through Identities.
The Enchanted Clock, Columbia University Press, 2017) ==See also== == References == == Further reading == === Books about Julia Kristeva === Beardsworth, Sara, The Philosophy of Julia Kristeva, The Library of Living Philosophers, vol.
They argue that Kristeva fails to show the relevance of the mathematical concepts she discusses to linguistics and the other fields she studies, and that no such relevance exists. ==Alleged collaboration with the Communist Regime in Bulgaria== In 2018, Bulgaria's state Dossier Commission announced that Kristeva had been an agent for the Committee for State Security under the code name "Sabina".
Kritzman, Columbia University Press, New York, 2019) ===Novels=== Les Samouraïs, Fayard, Paris, 1990 (trans.
Time and Sense: Proust and the experience of literature, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996) Dostoïevski, Buchet-Chastel, Paris, 2020 === Psychoanalysis and philosophy === Pouvoirs de l’horreur.
36, Open Cort, Chicago, 2020) === Collection of essays === The Kristeva Reader, ed.
36, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Open Court, Chicago, 2020 Jardine, Alice, At the Risk of Thinking.
An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva, Bloomsbury, New York, 2020 Ivantcheva-Merjanska, Irene, Ecrire dans la langue de l'autre.
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