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Serge Doubrovsky | |
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Born | 22 May 1928 Paris, France |
Died | 23 March 2017 Boulogne-Billancourt, France | (aged 88)
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 1989 Prix Médicis winner for Le Livre brisé. He is also a critical theorist, and coined the term " autofiction" in the drafts for his novel Fils (1977). [1]
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 of World War II, they fled Le Vésinet and hid with a cousin. [3]
Doubrovsky graduated from the École normale supérieure, and he earned the agrégation in English in 1949. [2] [3] He subsequently earned a PhD in French Literature. [3]
Doubrovsky became a professor of French Literature at New York University in 1966. [3] He subsequently taught at Harvard University, Smith College, and Brandeis University. [2] He retired in 2010. [3]
Along with publishing seven volumes of autobiography, he was known as a critical theorist. [4] He coined the term ' autofiction', which has now entered the French dictionary.
Doubrovsky resided in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. [5] He died on 23 March 2017 in Boulogne-Billancourt . [2] [5]
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Serge Doubrovsky | |
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Born | 22 May 1928 Paris, France |
Died | 23 March 2017 Boulogne-Billancourt, France | (aged 88)
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 1989 Prix Médicis winner for Le Livre brisé. He is also a critical theorist, and coined the term " autofiction" in the drafts for his novel Fils (1977). [1]
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 of World War II, they fled Le Vésinet and hid with a cousin. [3]
Doubrovsky graduated from the École normale supérieure, and he earned the agrégation in English in 1949. [2] [3] He subsequently earned a PhD in French Literature. [3]
Doubrovsky became a professor of French Literature at New York University in 1966. [3] He subsequently taught at Harvard University, Smith College, and Brandeis University. [2] He retired in 2010. [3]
Along with publishing seven volumes of autobiography, he was known as a critical theorist. [4] He coined the term ' autofiction', which has now entered the French dictionary.
Doubrovsky resided in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. [5] He died on 23 March 2017 in Boulogne-Billancourt . [2] [5]