Tzvetan Todorov

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Tzvetan Todorov
Todorov in 2012
Born	Цветан Тодоров (1939-03-01)1 March 1939 Sofia, Tsardom of Bulgaria
Died	7 February 2017(2017-02-07) (aged 77)
Nationality	French/Bulgarian
Alma mater	University of Sofia University of Paris
Spouse(s)	Martine van Woerkens (m. ??; div. ??) Nancy Huston (m. ??; div. 2014)
Children	3, including Léa Todorov
Awards	CNRS Bronze Medal, the Charles Lévêque Prize of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques and the first Maugean Prize of the Académie française and the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences; he also is an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Structuralism
Main interests	Literary criticism
Notable ideas	The Fantastic
Signature

Tzvetan Todorov (/ˈtɒdərɔːv, -rɒv/; French: [tsvetan tɔdɔʁɔv, dzve-]; Bulgarian: Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, which have had a significant influence in anthropology, sociology, semiotics, literary theory, intellectual history and culture theory.