Genevieve Pastre

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Genevieve Pastre

Country

France

Birth - Death

1924 - 2012

Occupation

Writer

Description

Respected lesbian theorist, writer, poet, publisher, and activist. Member, Group of Feminist Lesbians. Founder of the publishing house Les Octaviennes. Former President of the Association Frequency Gay group of Parisian FM radio stations, which became Radio FG. Professor at the Lycée de Saumur from 1949 to 1955, and at the lycée de Montgeron, Essonne, from 1955 to 1989, she was one of the first theorists to deconstruct the myths and archetypes of classical cultures from a feminist perspective.

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