Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon
Born	20 July 1925 (1925-07-20) Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies
Died	6 December 1961(1961-12-06) (aged 36) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Lyon
Notable work	Black Skin, White Masks, The Wretched of the Earth
Spouse	Josie Fanon
Region	Africana philosophy
School	Marxism Black existentialism Critical theory Existential phenomenology
Main interests	Decolonization and Postcolonialism, revolution, psychopathology of colonization, racism, Psychoanalysis
Notable ideas	Double consciousness, colonial alienation, To become black, Sociogeny

Frantz Omar Fanon (/ˈfænən/,^[2] US: /fæˈnɒ̃/;^[3] French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a Francophone Afro-Caribbean^[4][5][6] psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique (today a French department). His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism.^[7] As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization^[8] and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.^[9][10][11]

In the course of his work as a physician and psychiatrist, Fanon supported the Algerian War of independence from France and was a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front. Fanon has been described as "the most influential anticolonial thinker of his time".^[12] For more than five decades, the life and works of Fanon have inspired national liberation movements and other freedom and political movements in Palestine, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the United States.^[13][14][15] He formulated a model for community psychology, believing that many mental health patients would do better if they were integrated into their family and community instead of being treated with institutionalized care. He also helped found the field of institutional psychotherapy while working at Saint-Alban under Francois Tosquelles and Jean Oury.^[16]