Background
BUTOR, Michel was born on September 14, 1926 in Mons-enBaroeul, Nord. Son of Emile Butor and Anne Brajeux.
BUTOR, Michel was born on September 14, 1926 in Mons-enBaroeul, Nord. Son of Emile Butor and Anne Brajeux.
Degree, University Paris.
Lecturer and writer; teacher at Sens (France) 1950, Minieh (Egypt) 1950-1951, Manchester (England) 1951-1953, Salonica (Greece) 1954-1955, Geneva (Switzerland) 1956-1957. Visiting Professor Bryn Mawr and Middlebury, United States of America 1960, Buffalo, United States of America 1962, Evanston, United States of America 1965, Albuquerque, United States of America 1969-1970, 1973-1974, Nice and Geneva 1974-1975. Association Professor Vincennes 1969, Nice 1970-1973.
Professor, of Modern French, Geneva since 1975. Reader ditions Gallimard since 1958. Chevalier de l’Ordre nationale du Merite, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Prix Felix Feneon 1957, Prix Renaudot 1957, Grand prix de la critique litteraire 1960.
Teaching.
Married Marie-Josephe Mas, August 22, 1958. Children: Cècile, Agnès, Irène, Mathilde.