Nora Mitrani

Nora Mitrani (1921–1961) was a Bulgarian writer, one of the most active surrealists in France in the 1950s.

Life 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 "Attitudes et symboles techno-bureaucratiques", Cahiers internationaux de sociologie, XXIV, 148 Rose au cœur violet, 1988. ' Intention and surprise', in Paul Hammond, ed.,The shadow and its shadow: surrealist writings on the cinema, 3rd.ed, 2000.