Marielle Macé

Born in 1973 in Paimbœuf, France, Marielle Macé is a specialist in French literature. 

A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, holder of the agrégation, and Ph. D. (Paris-IV, 2002), with the qualification to supervise research (EHESS, 2011), she teaches literature at the EHESS , and as a visiting professor at the New York University . She is also one of the editors of the magazine Review (Éditions de Minuit)  and the magazine Po&etry (Belin Publishing). She is a statutory member of the Center for Research on the Arts and Language (CRAL).

His research has focused successively on the essay genre, on literary memory and the use of literature, and on a renewal of the concept of “ style ", expanded from the realm of art to encompass the nature of life and its forms, as well as the values that clash within it.

Her books draw on literature to explore and critique ways of life; she is currently working on the connections between poetry and a broader conception of anthropology—one that encompasses objects, environments, the commons, areas worth defending, plants, animals, and so on.

She has also edited about ten volumes, focusing in particular on Baudelaire ( Baudelaire, beside himself , Literature, 2015), Barthes, the construction of literary history in the 20th century, and theories of fiction, genres, and reading.

In the journal Review , in particular, she coordinated a special issue, That's style! in 2010, a group Edward Said in 2013, a feature on Unruly in 2014, an issue titled Patrick Boucheron: History, Writing in 2015, a report Music, Violence, and Politics in 2016, as well as a special issue We , in 2017.

Her publications include, among others, verdier Publishing , in the "La petite jaune" series, the following books: Breathe (2023), Our cabins (2019) and To astound, to consider (2017)