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Tzvetan Todorov | |
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| Цветан Тодоров | |
.jpg) Todorov in 2012 | |
| Born | 1 March 1939 |
| Died | 7 February 2017 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | French/Bulgarian |
| Alma mater | University of Sofia University of Paris |
| Spouse(s) | Martine van Woerkens (m. ??; div. ??) Nancy Huston (m. ??; div. 2014) |
| Children | 3, including Léa Todorov |
| Awards | CNRS Bronze Medal, the Charles Lévêque Prize of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques and the first Maugean Prize of the Académie française and the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences; he also is an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Structuralism |
Main interests | Literary criticism |
Notable ideas | The Fantastic |
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Tzvetan Todorov (/ˈtɒdərɔːv, -rɒv/; French: [tsvetan tɔdɔʁɔv, dzve-]; Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, intellectual history and culture theory.