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 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]
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 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]
Career
[edit]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.
Death
[edit]Doubrovsky resided in the 16th arrondissement of 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 France 1974.
- 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-vivre 1994.
- 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. ISBN 9783110279818. S2CID 189334951.
- ^ a b c d Heliot, Armelle (24 March 2017). "Adieu à Serge Doubrovsky, inventeur de "l'autofiction"". Le Figaro. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Contat, Michel (23 March 2017). "Mort de l'écrivain Serge Doubrovsky". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ University of Leicester
- ^ a b Caviglioli, David (23 March 2017). "Mort de Serge Doubrovsky, père de l'autofiction". L'Obs. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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