Roland Barthes
French essayist and philosopher
Roland Gérard Barthes was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular culture. Wikipedia
Born: November 12, 1915, Cherbourg-Octeville
Died: March 26, 1980 (age 64 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Ferdinand de Saussure, Gilles Deleuze, Mikhail Bakhtin, and more
Influenced: Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, and more
Parents: Louis Barthes and Henriette Barthes
Education: University of Paris (BA, MA)