Hélène Cixous
![Hélène Cixous, Sept. 2011.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Cixous_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_2011.jpg)
She first gained attention in 1969 with her first work of fiction, ''Dedans'' (''Inside''), a semi-autobiographical novel which won the Prix Médicis and explored the themes of identity, memory, death and writing. She is perhaps best known for her 1976 article "The Laugh of the Medusa", which established her as one of the early thinkers in post-structural feminism. She has collaborated with several artists and directors, such as Adel Abdessemed, Pierre Alechinsky, Simone Benmussa, Jacques Derrida, Simon Hantaï, Daniel Mesguich and Ariane Mnouchkine. She is considered a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Provided by Wikipedia