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Edmond Faral

1882 – 1958

French academic, Administrator of the College de France

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Lived 1882 – 1958 (aged 75). Edmond Faral was a French romanist, professor, literary historian and administrator.

Edmond Faral (18 March 1882 – 8 February 1958) was an Algerian-born French medievalist. He became in 1924 Professor of Latin literature at the Collège de France.

He wrote his dissertation on the jongleurs, and E. R. Curtius states that he was the first to recognize an influence of the medieval Latin poetics and rhetoric on Old French poetry. He was appointed to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1936.

Works Les Jongleurs en France au Moyen-Âge (1910) Mimes français du XIIIe siècle (1910) Courtois d'Arras : jeu du XIIIe siècle (1911) Recherches sur les Sources Latines des Contes et Romans Courtois du Moyen-Âge (1913) Gautier D'aupais. Poème Courtois du XIIIème siècle (1919) Le Roman de Troie en prose (1922) editor with L. Constans La légende arthurienne. Études et documents. Les plus anciens textes (1929) La Chanson de Roland (1932) Les Arts poétiques du XIIe et du XIIIe siècle Vie quotidienne au temps de Saint Louis (1938) Textes relatifs à la civilisation matérielle et morale des temps modernes (1938) Petite grammaire de l'ancien français, XIIe-XIIIe siècles (1941) Onze poèmes de Rutebeuf concernant la croisade (1946) editor with J. Bastin De Babione (Poème comique du XIIème siècle) (1948) Jean Buridan. Notes sur les manuscrits, les éditions et le contenu de ses ouvrages, Archives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du Moyen-Âge 15: 1-53 (1946) Jean Buridan: Maître és arts de l'Université de Paris, Histoire Littéraire de la France 28 (1949) Guillaume de Digulleville, moine de Châalis (1952) Les arts poétiques du XIIème et du XIII siècles. Recherches et documents sur la technique littéraire du Moyen Age (1958) Oeuvres complètes de Rutebeuf (1959–60)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris, Lycée Henri-IV
Positions held
Director of the Collège de France
Employers
Collège de France, École pratique des hautes études, École alsacienne, Lycée Georges-Clemenceau
Awards
Croix de guerre 1939–1945; Marcelin Guérin Prize; Guizot Prize; Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Commander of the Legion of Honour; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Saintour Prize; Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America; Officier de l'Instruction publique

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Edmond Faral?

French academic, Administrator of the College de France (1882–1958)

When was Edmond Faral born?

Edmond Faral was born on 18 March 1882 in Médéa.

When did Edmond Faral die?

Edmond Faral died on 8 February 1958 in Paris.

What was Edmond Faral's occupation?

Edmond Faral was a romanist, professor, literary historian and administrator.

What nationality was Edmond Faral?

Edmond Faral was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edmond Faral

· Wikidata: Q692943

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