Philippe Muray
Philippe Muray (1945–2006) was an essayist, author of Le XIXème siècle à travers les âges (Denoël, 1984) and Après l’histoire, I and II (Les Belles Lettres, 1999 and 2000), among other works, and a novelist who authored Une arrière-saison (Flammarion, 1968) and Chantpluriel (Gallimard, 1973), to name just two. In 1983, he taught at Stanford University in California at the invitation of René Girard. In 2010, his works were read by the French actor Fabrice Luchini at the Théatre de l’Atelier, sparking renewed interest in his oeuvre.