Background
Dobrinsky, Joseph was born on October 2, 1928 in Vilna, Poland. Son of Isaac and Vera (Kremer) Dobrinsky. arrived in France, 1932.
Dobrinsky, Joseph was born on October 2, 1928 in Vilna, Poland. Son of Isaac and Vera (Kremer) Dobrinsky. arrived in France, 1932.
License, Sorbonne, 1948. Data Encryption Standard, Sorbonne, 1949. Agregation, Sorbonne, 1951.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Sorbonne, 1974.
French assistant, King's College, London, 1951-1952; schoolmaster, Lycee, Chartres, France, 1952-1953; schoolmaster, Lycee, St. Cloud, France, 1954-1960; assistant agrege, U. Tunis, 1960-1961; assistant agrege, U. Montpellier, France, 1961-1965; maître-assistant, U. Montpellier, 1968-1969; maître de conferences, U. Montpellier, 1969-1977; professor, U. Montpellier, 1977-1987; professor 1st class, U. Montpellier, 1987-1988; professor emeritus, U. Montpellier, since 1988. Author: La Jeunesse de Somerset Maugham 1874-1903, 1976, The Artist in Conrad's Fiction, 1989, several translations of English novels, 1981-1993.
Lieutenant French Air Force, 1953-1954. Member French Society Victorian and Edwardian Studies, Society Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur, International Association University Professors English, Joseph Conrad Society.
Married Huguette Marcelle Moiseau (deceased December 1985).