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literary critic

Georges Poulet, Belgian literary critic. Decorated commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres France, officier de l'Ordre de la Couronne Belgium; recipient prix Sainte-Beuve, 1951, prize, 1975, prix Durchon, French Academy, 1951, grand prix de Litterature Francaise hors de France, 1968, Critic's prize, 1972, prix international de la critique, Rome, 1979. Member of Belgian Academy, American Academy Arts and Sciences, French Institute.

Background

Poulet, Georges was born on November 29, 1902 in Province Liege, Belgium. Son of Georges and Anna (Lion) Poulet.

Education

LLd, University Liege, 1927. Doctor in Philosophy & Letters, University Liege, 1928. D honoris causa, University Geneva, 1959.

D honoris causa, University Nice, France, 1966. D honoris causa, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1971.

Career

Assistant University Edinburgh, 1928—1949, lecturer lettres, 1949—1952. Professor French literature Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1957—1968, University Nice. Correspondence Marcel Raymond, The Indeterminate Thought, 1985.

Achievements

  • Georges Poulet has been listed as a noteworthy literary critic by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Belgian Academy, American Academy Arts and Sciences, French Institute.

Connections

Married Elisabeth Gregoire, March 31, 1928.

Father:
Georges Poulet

Mother:
Anna (Lion) Poulet

Spouse:
Elisabeth Gregoire

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Awards

  • Decorated commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres France, officier de l'Ordre de la Couronne Belgium. Recipient prix Sainte-Beuve, 1951, prize, 1975, prix Durchon, French Academy, 1951, grand prix de Litterature Francaise hors de France, 1968, Critic's prize, 1972, prix international de la critique, Rome, 1979.