jan 1, 1915 - Roland Barthes

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Roland Gérard Barthes (/bɑːrt/;[3] French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ baʁt]; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980[4]) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. Barthes's ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of many schools of theory, including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design theory, anthropology, and post-structuralism. He was particularly known for developing and extending the field of semiotics through the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular culture.[5]

During his academic career he was primarily associated with the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Collège de France.

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