Serge Doubrovsky
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Serge Doubrovsky | |
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| Born | 22 May 1928 Paris, France |
| Died | 23 March 2017(aged 88) Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
| Occupation(s) | Author, theorist |
| Children | Renee, Cathy |
| Relatives | Marc Weitzmann(cousin) |
Julien Serge Doubrovsky(22 May 1928,Paris– 23 March 2017,Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French writer and 1989Prix Médiciswinner forLe Livre brisé.He is also acritical theorist,and coined the term "autofiction"in the drafts for his novelFils(1977).[1]
Early life
[edit]Julien Doubrovsky was born on 22 May 1928 in Paris.[2][3]His father was a tailor and his mother was a secretary.[3]His family was Jewish; in 1943, in the midst ofWorld War II,they fledLe Vésinetand hid with a cousin.[3]
Doubrovsky graduated from theÉcole normale supérieure,and he earned theagrégationin English in 1949.[2][3]He subsequently earned a PhD in French Literature.[3]
Career
[edit]Doubrovsky became a professor of French Literature atNew York Universityin 1966.[3]He subsequently taught atHarvard University,Smith College,andBrandeis University.[2]He retired in 2010.[3]
Along with publishing seven volumes of autobiography, he was known as acritical theorist.[4]He coined the term 'autofiction', which has now entered the French dictionary.
Death
[edit]Doubrovsky resided in the16th arrondissementof Paris.[5]He died on 23 March 2017 in Boulogne-Billancourt.[2][5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Le jour S,1963.
- Corneille et la Dialectique du héros,1963.
- Pourquoi la nouvelle critique: critique et objectivité,1966.
- La Dispersion,1969.
- La place de la madeleine: écriture et fantasme chez Proust,Mercure de France1974.
- Fils,1977.
- Parcours critique,1980.
- Un amour de soi,1982.
- La vie l'instant,1985.
- Autobiographiques: de Corneille à Sartre,1988.
- Le livre brisé,1989.
- L'après-vivre1994.
- Laissé pour conte,1999.
- Parcours critique 2,2006
- Un homme de passage,2011.
References
[edit]- ^Gronemann, Claudia (2019). "2.6 Autofiction".Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction.De Gruyter. pp. 241–246.doi:10.1515/9783110279818-029.ISBN9783110279818.S2CID189334951.
- ^abcdHeliot, Armelle (24 March 2017)."Adieu à Serge Doubrovsky, inventeur de" l'autofiction "".Le Figaro.Retrieved27 March2017.
- ^abcdefgContat, Michel (23 March 2017)."Mort de l'écrivain Serge Doubrovsky".Le Monde(in French).Retrieved23 March2017.
- ^University of Leicester
- ^abCaviglioli, David (23 March 2017)."Mort de Serge Doubrovsky, père de l'autofiction".L'Obs.Retrieved27 March2017.
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