Rafaël Pividal (born 1934 near Buenos Aires – 2 October 2006) was a French writer and philosopher.
Biography
Rafaël Pividal was the son of a French mother, a classical dancer, and an Argentinean father, a lawyer. Rafael's maternal grandmother was a well-known actress,
Germaine Dermoz (1888–1966).
At the death of his father in 1944, Rafael and his mother found themselves in a great poverty. From the age of 14, he must give private lessons to earn a little money.
From 1964, he taught
sociology of art at the Sorbonne. He supported his doctoral thesis (sociology) in 1995 and was thereafter
habilited to direct thesis.[2]
In parallel to his teaching, Rafaël Pividal was successively a member of the editorial boards of the Exit and Roman magazines and wrote numerous books.
Works
Doctoral thesis
1995:De la logique narrative, ou du sens et de la fonction de la fiction, Université Paris 5, under the direction of André Akoun
^Argument appearing on the cover: "From a porcelain doorknob found at the
marché aux puces, Rafael Pividal, writer, art lover, reconstructs the path of Hector Guimard, one of the Art Nouveau masters. From mansions to subway entrances and through this exceptional building, the
Castel Béranger, the film tries to approach the process from this designer and mainly his work".