From 7f25cd70d3bd87db6a136085017514cdd786486c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clemence Malleret Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 03:48:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] !publish! --- content/author/francoiseverges.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/author/francoiseverges.md diff --git a/content/author/francoiseverges.md b/content/author/francoiseverges.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74877a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/author/francoiseverges.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ ++++ +title="Françoise Vergès" ++++ + +# Biography + +Françoise Vergès (born 23 January 1952) is a French political scientist, historian, film producer, independent curator, activist and public educator. Her work focuses on postcolonial studies and decolonial feminism. + +Vergès was born in Paris, grew up in Réunion and Algeria, before returning to Paris to study and become a journalist. She moved to the US in 1983, studying at the University of California, San Diego and Berkeley.[1] + +Vergès' book A Decolonial Feminism was published in English in 2021, translated by Ashley J. Bohrer along with Vergès, with the support of an English PEN Translates award \ No newline at end of file