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Tzvetan Todorov
AuthorBooks · Second hand1939-2017
Tzvetan Todorov was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, intellectual history and culture theory.
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About Tzvetan Todorov
Birth
1939
Death
2017
First book
1970
Years writing
56
Tzvetan Todorov was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, intellectual history and culture theory.
Tzvetan Todorov was a multifaceted intellectual who excelled as a philosopher, historian, and semiotician.
Born in Sofia, he developed much of his influential academic and literary career in France.
His work The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre is a fundamental reference for understanding the genre.
He deeply explored otherness and the encounter between cultures in his renowned book The Conquest of America.
Throughout his life, he published nearly 184 works ranging from literary theory to sociology.
