Background
Pichois, Claude P. was born on July 21, 1925 in Paris. Son of Léon and Renée (Bardou) Pichois.
Pichois, Claude P. was born on July 21, 1925 in Paris. Son of Léon and Renée (Bardou) Pichois.
Doctor ès L, University Paris, 1963. Doctor (honorary), University Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1983. Doctor (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1984.
Lecturer, Faeulte des lettres, Aix-en-Provence 1956-1961. Professor, University of Basle, Switzerland 196170. Distinguished Professor of French, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America since 1970.
Visiting Professor, Institute for Research in the Humanities, Madison, United States of America 1968. Professor, Facultes de Namur, Belgium 1978-1979, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 1979-1990. Honorary degree (Neuchatel) 1963, (Trinity College Dublin) 1984.
Author: L'Image de Jean-Paul Richter dans les Lettres Francaise, 1963, Ph. Chasles et la vie littéraire au temps du Romantisme, 1965, Baudelaire, 1987, 96, Gérard de Nerval, 1995, Auguste Poulet-Malassis, 1996. Editor: Baudelaire, Complete Works, 1975-1976, Baudelaire, Correspondence, 1973, 93, Nerval, Complete Works, 1984, 89, 93, Colette, Works, 1984, 86, 91, Littérature Francaise (16 vols.), 1968-1979.
Member Modern Language Association (honorary), Société History litt. de la France (vice president), Société Etudes Romantiques, Nineteenth-Century French Studies (board directors), Lettres Romanes, Bulletin Baudelairien, Année Baudelaire.
Tennis, Meissen soldiers.
Married Vincenette Rey, October 26, 1961.