About the Author

Hélène Cixous was born in Oran, Algeria, and is emeritus professor of literature at the Université Paris 8, where she founded and directed the Centre de Recherches en Études Féminines. She is the author of over seventy works of fiction, plays and collections of critical essays; recent titles in English translation include So Close, Zero’s Neighbour: Sam Beckett, Hemlock, and Philippines.