Born in Paimboeuf (France) in 1973, Marielle Macé is a researcher and writer.
Research Director at the CNRS and Director of Studies at EHESS (Paris), Marielle Macé is also a guest lecturer in Chicago, New York (NYU) and Berkeley, and was associate author at the Théâtre des Amandiers.
Her books (essays and poems) make use of literature to give thought to and discuss different forms of life – social life, community life, precarious lives and vulnerable landscapes. Her published works include Styles. Critique de nos formes de vie (Styles. A Critique of our Forms of Life – Gallimard, 2016), “Nous” (Us) (ed., Critique, 2017), Sidérer, considérer. Migrants en France (Bewilder, Consider. Migrants in France – Verdier, 2017), “Vivre dans un monde abîmé” (Living in a Damaged World) (ed., Critique, 2019), Nos cabanes (Our Cabins – Verdier, 2019), and Parole et pollution (Words and Pollution – AOC, 2021).