Gabriel marcel short biography

French philosopher, playwright and music critic (1889–1973)

Gabriel Honoré Marcel^[a] (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist.

Gabriel marcel short biography

The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term philosophy of existence or neo-Socrateanism to define his own thought.

The Mystery of Being is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel.

Early life and education

Marcel was born on 7 December 1889 in Paris, France. His mother Laure Meyer, who was Jewish, died when he was young and he was brought up by his aunt and father, Henry Marcel.

When he was eight he moved for a year where his father was minister plenipotentiary.^[2]

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