David Macey

David Macey
Macey's publicity photograph
Macey's publicity photograph
Born(1949-10-05)5 October 1949
Sunderland
Died7 October 2011(2011-10-07) (aged 62)
Occupation
  • Historian
  • biographer
  • translator
NationalityEnglish

David Macey (5 October 1949 – 7 October 2011) was an English translator and intellectual historian of the French left. He translated around sixty books from French to English, and wrote biographical studies of Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Neil Belton, David Macey: His historical studies of philosophers won over French readers, The Guardian, 2 November 2011
  2. ^ Neil Belton and Peter Osborne, David Macey, 1949–2011: Biographer of the French intellectual Left, Radical Philosophy 171 (Jan/Feb 2012)
  3. ^ John G. Taylor and Elaine Capizzi, Dr David Macey: Internationally renowned French scholar, The Independent, 12 November 2011.