Raïssa Maritain
#11,636
Most Influential Person Across History
Russian poet and philosopher
Raïssa Maritain's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Download Badge
Philosophy Literature
Why Is Raïssa Maritain Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Raïssa Maritain was a French poet and philosopher. She was the wife of Jacques Maritain, with whom she worked and whose companion she was for more than half a century, at the center of a circle of French Catholic intellectuals. Her memoir, Les Grandes Amitiés, which won the prix du Renouveau français, chronicles this. Jacques Maritain, Raïssa and her sister Vera formed what would be called "the three Maritains".
