ENS Fontenay-Saint Cloud Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of ENS Fontenay-Saint Cloud

• Simone de Beauvoir (1929) - Philosopher, writer, and feminist, known for her work 'The Second Sex'.
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1929) - Philosopher, playwright, and novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, which he declined.
• Alain Badiou (1961) - Philosopher, known for his work in the philosophy of mathematics and political philosophy.
• Jacques Derrida (1952) - Philosopher, known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction.
• Michel Foucault (1951) - Philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist, and literary critic, known for his critical studies of various social institutions.