Pierre-Georges Castex

Pierre-Georges Castex (20 June 1915 at Toulouse – 9 December 1995 at Paris) was a French academic, literary critic and author.

Professor of Modern French Literature at Paris-Sorbonne University from 1956 until 1982, Castex was distinguished by election as a Member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in 1974.

Biography An alumnus of the École normale supérieure (Paris) (1935), agrégé de lettres in 1938 and Doctorate in 1951, he taught at Beauvais in 1938 and Saint-Maur in 1942. In 1946-1947, he was assistant professor at the Sorbonne (building). From 1947 to 1956, he taught at the Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III. From 1956 to 1982, Castex was Professor of modern Literature at the Sorbonne (building) and, since 1974, a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques .

He was related to former Senate (France) and Mayor Marc Castex, and married Marie-Madeleine Fargeaud.