Sylvère Lotringer
Sylvère Lotringer (15 October 1938 – 8 November 2021) was a French-born literary critic and cultural theorist. Initially based in New York City, he later lived in Los Angeles and Baja California, Mexico. He is best known for synthesizing French theory with American literary, cultural and architectural avant-garde movements as founder of the journal Semiotext(e) and for his interpretations of theory in a 21st-century context. He is regarded as an influential interpreter of Jean Baudrillard's theories, among others.
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Lotringer in 2008 | |
| Born | 15 October 1938 Paris, France |
| Died | 8 November 2021 (aged 83) Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico |
| Alma mater | University of Paris École pratique des hautes études |
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| Partner | Susie Flato (c. 1972; sep. 1976) |
| Children | Mia Lotringer Marano (with Flato) |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Doctoral advisor | Roland Barthes, Lucien Goldman |
| Notable students | Kathryn Bigelow Tim Griffin John Kelsey Ariana Reines |
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