About Leon Roudiez
Lived 1917 – 2004 (aged 86–87). Leon Roudiez was an American philologist and translator.
Leon Samuel Roudiez (1917-2004) was an American literary scholar and professor emeritus and former head of the French department at Columbia University.
Works French Fiction Revisited French Fiction Today: A New Direction Pouvoirs de l'horreur Powers of horror : an essay on abjection Revolution in poetic language Sēmeiōtichē : recherches pour une sémanalyse. Soleil noir Strangers to ourselves Tales of love
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Who was Leon Roudiez?
American literary scholar (1917-2004)
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Leon Roudiez was born in 1917.
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Leon Roudiez died in 2004.
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Leon Roudiez was a philologist and translator.
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Leon Roudiez was American.
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