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Philippe Sellier

1931 – 2024

French author and literature teacher

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Lived 1931 – 2024 (aged 92). Philippe Sellier was a French literary critic, literary theorist and romanist.

Philippe Sellier (8 November 1931 – 3 April 2024) was a French literary critic and scholar. He was a specialist in the great writers who revolved around Port-Royal-des-Champs: Pascal, Racine, Antoine Arnauld, Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy, La Rochefoucauld, Mme de Sévigné, Mme de Lafayette. Sellier was born on 8 November 1931, and died on 3 April 2024, at the age of 92.

Main works Port-Royal et la littérature, Paris, Champion publishing house, 2 vol. (1999 and 2000). Essais sur l’imaginaire classique, Paris, Champion, 2003. Pascal : colorations oratoriennes, in Pascal auteur spirituel, Paris, Champion, 2006. Corresponsibility of Dissidents, excentriques et marginaux de l’âge classique. Autour de Cyrano de Bergerac, Mélanges M. Alcover, Paris, Champion, 2006. Pascal et la liturgie, Paris, PUF, 1966. Pascal et saint Augustin, Paris, Éditions Albin Michel, 1995. L'évasion, Paris, Bordas, 1971. Le mythe du héros ou le désir d'être Dieu, Paris, Bordas, 1970. Édition du Port-Royal by Sainte-Beuve, Paris, Éditions Robert Laffont, “Bouquins”, 2 vol., 2004. Édition de Pascal, Paris, Mercure de France, 1976 Édition de Pascal, Provinciales, Pensées et opuscules divers, in collaboration with G. Ferreyrolles, Paris, La Pochothèque, 2004. Corresponsibility of Poétique de la pensée. Mélanges J. Dagen, Paris, Champion, 2007. La Bible expliquée à ceux qui ne l'ont pas encore lue, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2007. Pascal, textes choisis, Paris, Seuil, 2009, Collection "Bibliothèque". La Bible. Aux sources de la culture occidentale, Paris, Seuil, Point/Sagesse, 2013.

Prize Prix Pierre-Georges-Castex 2007.

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Awards
Pierre-Georges Castex Prize; Bordin Prize; Grand prix catholique de littérature

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Philippe Sellier?

French author and literature teacher (1931–2024)

When was Philippe Sellier born?

Philippe Sellier was born on 8 November 1931 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

When did Philippe Sellier die?

Philippe Sellier died on 3 April 2024 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Philippe Sellier's occupation?

Philippe Sellier was a literary critic, literary theorist and romanist.

What nationality was Philippe Sellier?

Philippe Sellier was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Philippe Sellier

· Wikidata: Q3380718

· DBpedia: Philippe Sellier

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