Background
Tadie, Jean-Yves was born on September 7, 1936 in Paris. Son of Henri and Marie (Ferester) Tadie.
Tadie, Jean-Yves was born on September 7, 1936 in Paris. Son of Henri and Marie (Ferester) Tadie.
License ès Lettres, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1956. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1988. Doctor ès Lettres, University Sorbonne, 1971.
His 800-page biography of Proust was well-received, asserted by Edmund White in his own book on Proust to be the best work of its kind. Briefly a professor in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, Tadié was then, until his retirement, a professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and director of the collections "Classical Folio" and "Theatre Folio". He was also a director of the French Institute of London.
Corres. fellow British Academy. Member Glyndebourue Festival Society.
Married Arlette Khoury. Children: Alexis, Benoit, Jerome.