10/09/2004 02:45:00 PM

the life named derrida is no more.

he was born July 15, 1930, in El Biar, Algeria. with the wry wink of a playful third-culture kid he, after ascending the ranks of the academy in France (his passport country), described himself as a "little black and very Arab Jew."

goodbye my friend. thank you for the many hours of conversation. i wish we could have met.

vous croyez?
je ne sais pas, il faut croire.