Marcus Coelen teaches literature and literary theory at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and works as a psychoanalyst. His research focusses on modern French thought and the intersection of literature, philosophy and psychoanalysis. He has translated and commented on several volumes of texts by Maurice Blanchot. Together with Felix Ensslin, he is the editor of “subjektile”, a collection devoted to theory at Diaphanes-Verlag, Berlin. Publications include: Die Tyrannei des Partikularen. Lektüren Proust (Munich, Fink, 2007) and (ed.) Die andere Urszene. Texte von Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Maurice Blanchot et al. (Berlin, Diaphanes, 2008).