About The Author
Introducing Robert Silhol
The Man Who Turned Theory into Story
Robert Silhol is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris VII – Denis Diderot. He animates and directs the Centre d’Anthropologie Littéraire at the same university and serves as the editor of Gradiva, Psychanalyse et Littérature, Revue Européenne, a journal sponsored by Frederico Pereira’s Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada in Lisbon and located at Paris VII, Institut Charles V.
Throughout his career, he has written extensively on English and American literature, as well as on psychoanalysis, both theory and practice. He is the author of Le Texte du Désir and Les Tyrans Tragiques, and years ago published his first novel, Autobiographie d’une étoile égoïste.
“People say what they mean, but don’t know that they said it.”
— Robert Silhol, YES?
A devoted reader of Freud and Lacan, Silhol continues to explore the bridges between desire, meaning, and the unconscious. His work reflects a lifelong inquiry into how we speak, why we speak, and what remains unspoken.
The Focus of His Inquiry
Where Philosophy Becomes Fiction
Robert Silhol writes not to explain but to explore. His books transform psychoanalytic insight into stories that think and feel. Every line is a question; every scene is a reflection of human complexity.
Through his fiction, he turns decades of academic study into a language that speaks to both the intellect and the soul.