Jean-François Lyotard Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Jean-François Lyotard was a French sociologist, literary theorist, and postmodern philosopher born on August 10, 1924, in Versailles and died on April 21, 1998, in Paris. His interdisciplinary work spans various subjects including epistemology, communication, the human body, and modern and postmodern art and literature. He is best known for articulating the concept of postmodernism in the late 1970s and for analyzing its impact on the human condition. Lyotard was a co-founder of the International College of Philosophy alongside notable figures like Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze.

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August 10, 1924 Facts

Generation Group

Jean-François Lyotard belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Versailles

Place of Death: Paris

Cause of Death: leukemia

Educated At: agrégation de philosophie | Paris Nanterre University | Lycée Louis-le-Grand | University of Paris

Occupation: literary theorist | epistemologist | philologist | linguist | literary critic | philosopher | sociologist | university teacher | teacher | writer

Children: Corinne Enaudeau

Employers: University of California, Irvine | Emory University | University of Paris | Prytanée National Militaire

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Astrology Analysis

Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.