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Béatrice Didier

b. 1935

French literary critic

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Born 1935. Béatrice Didier is a French literary critic, university teacher, literary scholar and romanist.

Béatrice Didier (born 21 December 1935 in La Tronche, Isère) is a French literary critic.

Biography Didier was a professor of literature and a publishing series director. She earned a literary doctorate in 1965. She is also a Professor Emeritus of École normale supérieure (ENS), where she headed a seminary exposing the relationship between literature and music.

Didier is a specialist of the French literature of the 17th and 18th centuries (especially Senancour, Chateaubriand, Stendhal and George Sand), as well as of autobiographical works.

She edited and published numerous works, and contributed to the Europe magazine. She headed the series "Écrivains", "Écriture" and "Écrit" of the Presses Universitaires de France.

She is the deputy chairwoman of the Société Chateaubriand.

Works

Chateaubriand avant le Génie du christianisme (ed.), Champion, 2006 Oberman ou le sublime négatif (ed.), Presse de l'ENS, 2006 Stendhal ou la dictée du bonheur, Klincksieck, 2004 D’une gaîté ingénieuse : l’Histoire de Gil Blas roman de Lesage, Louvain; Dudley, MA: Peeters, 2004. Gil Blas de Lesage, Gallimard, Paris, 2002 Stendhal et l'État (dir.), Cirvi, Turin, 2002 Le Journal intime, PUF, "Littératures modernes", 2002 Dictionnaire de littérature grecque ancienne et moderne, PUF, series "Quadrige", ed. Béatrice Didier and Jacqueline de Romilly, 2001 Diderot dramaturge du vivant, PUF, "Écriture", 2001 Jean-Jacques Origas & Béatrice Didier, Dictionnaire de littérature japonaise, PUF, Quadrige, 2000 L'Écriture-femme, PUF, "Écriture", 1999 Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses: Pastiche et ironie, Editions du temps, 1998 George Sand écrivain : un grand fleuve d'Amérique, PUF, 1998 Alphabet et raison. Le paradoxe des dictionnaires au XVIIIe siècle, PUF, "Écriture", 1996 Histoire de la littérature française du XVIIIe siècle, Nathan, 1992 La Littérature de la Révolution française, PUF, "Que sais-je?", No. 2418, 1988 Le Siècle des Lumières, MA Éditions, 1987 La Voix de Marianne, essai sur Marivaux, José Corti, 1987 La Musique des Lumières : Diderot, l'Encyclopédie, Rousseau, PUF, 1985 Un dialogue à distance : Gide et Du Bos, 1977 Sade, Denoël, 1976

Awards and distinctions Commandeur of the Ordre des Palmes académiques Commandeur of the National Order of Merit Officer of the National Order of Merit 1977: Académie française's Montyon Prize for her work Un dialogue à distance : Gide et Du Bos 1983: Grand prix de la Critique littéraire

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Positions held
Director, President
Awards
Officer of the National Order of Merit; Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms; Montyon Prize; Prix d'Académie; Prix de la critique; Commander of the National Order of Merit; Pierre-Georges Castex Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Béatrice Didier?

French literary critic

When was Béatrice Didier born?

Béatrice Didier was born on 21 December 1935 in La Tronche.

What is Béatrice Didier's occupation?

Béatrice Didier is a literary critic, university teacher, literary scholar and romanist.

What nationality is Béatrice Didier?

Béatrice Didier is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Béatrice Didier

· Wikidata: Q2929434

· DBpedia: Béatrice Didier

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