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Julia Kristeva

Linguist, psychoanalyst and theorist — Université Paris Cité (emerita)

Université Paris Cité (emerita) · Bulgaria / France · d. 24 June 1941

The Bulgarian-born French thinker who joined the theory of language to psychoanalysis through the concepts of intertextuality and abjection. She turned 85 in June 2026.

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Life: b. 24 June 1941 — living
Country: Bulgaria / France
Period: Contemporary
School: Post-structuralism, Psychoanalysis
Affiliation: Université Paris Cité (emerita)
Areas: Philosophy of language, Psychoanalysis, Feminist theory, Literary theory
Major works: Semeiotike (1969)
Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (1980)
Tales of Love (1983)
Strangers to Ourselves (1988)
Key concepts: Intertextuality, Abjection, The semiotic and the symbolic, Strangeness

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Julia Kristeva at 85: a line of thought from abjection to intertextuality

The Bulgarian-born French thinker turned 85 on 24 June. Kristeva, who visited Bulgaria in May, works with concepts that move between linguistics, psychoanalysis and feminism.

Julia Kristeva

Culture Desk·20 August 2026