From: "Diane Davis" <ddd-AT-mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: RE: where was he born?
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:55:01 -0500


Lois, I believe he was born in Versailles, but I'm not sure where I got
that info. I had to write an entry on Lyotard for an encyclopedia on
20th century rhetors a few years back, and I see that I began:
"Jean-François Lyotard was born in Versailles in 1924..."  I remember
struggling to find information about his birth, and then...as I was
writing this piece, he died. Suddenly a lot of info came out (mainly in
obit pieces and memorials) that I hadn't been able to find before. So
that may have been where i picked it up.

Best, ddd


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lyotard-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu [mailto:owner-
> lyotard-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu] On Behalf Of Lois Shawver
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 5:24 PM
> To: lyotard-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: where was he born?
> 
> 
> 
> In Peregrinations, Lyotard says he wasn't born in Algeria.  Does
anyone
> know where he was born?  Was it France?
> 
> ..Lois Shawver