Frantz Fanon

Frantz Omar Fanon (/ˈfænən/,^[1] US: /fæˈnɒ̃/;^[2] French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961), was a French West Indian^[3][4][5] psychiatrist and political philosopher. Fanon was from the French colony of Martinique, which is now a a French department. His writing remains significant in the studies of postcolonialism, critical theory and Marxism.^[6]

Frantz Fanon
Born	20 July 1925 (1925-07-20) Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies
Died	6 December 1961(1961-12-06) (aged 36) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Lyon
Notable work	Black Skin, White Masks; The Wretched of the Earth
Spouse	Josie Fanon
Region	Africana philosophy
School	Marxism Black existentialism Critical theory Existential phenomenology
Main interests	Decolonization and Postcolonialism, revolution, psychopathology of colonization, racism, Psychoanalysis
Notable ideas	Double consciousness, colonial alienation, To become black, Sociogeny
Influences Karl Marx  • Négritude  • Sigmund Freud  • Jean-Paul Sartre  • Aimé Césaire  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty  • G.W.F. Hegel  • Jacques Lacan •
Influenced Afro-pessimism  • Hortense Spillers • Edward Said • Ngugi wa Thiong'o • Ali Shariati • Steve Biko • Malcolm X • Che Guevara • Paulo Freire • Huey P. Newton • Bobby Seale • Lewis Gordon

Frantz Fanon (1959)