Nora Mitrani was born on 29 November 1921, in
Sofia. Her parents were Spanish-Jewish and Italian.
Michel Mitrani was a younger brother. As a teenager, Mitrani moved to
Paris. She studied philosophy at
the Sorbonne, completing a PhD on
Malebranche and
Maine de Biran. For many years she worked under
Georges Gurvitch, Her written works covered a wide array of topics such as the
Marquis de Sade, popular culture,
Kierkegaard,
film noir, and critical studies of
technocracy,
bureaucracy, and
nuclear energy. Most of her surrealist works were collected and published in 1988 under the title
Rose au Coeur Violet. She died on 22 March 1961 in
Paris. ==Works==