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William Marx (born 1966 in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon) is a French writer and researcher into literature. He is a researcher at the Collège de France, where he is professor of Comparative Literature. In 2010 he received the Montyon Prize of the Académie française. In 2022 he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.

Publications

• La Haine de la littérature. Paris: Éditions de Minuit. 2015. ISBN 9782707329172.
• The Hatred of Literature. Translated by Elliott, Nicholas. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780674976122.
• The Tomb of Oedipus: Why Greek Tragedies Were not Tragic. Translated by Elliott, Nicholas. London-New York: Verso Books. 2022. ISBN 9781788736138.

References

1. "William Marx entre au Collège de France : " Pour une bibliothèque mondiale "". Le Monde.fr. 21 January 2020 – via Le Monde.
2. "William Marx | Collège de France - Academia.edu". college-de-france.academia.edu.
3. "Prix Montyon | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr.
4. "William Marx | Academia Europaea". www.ae-info.org.

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