Pierre Eugene Brodin

Background

Pierre Eugene Brodin was born on September 19 in 1909 in Paris, France.

Education

Brodin received his education at the Sorbonne and Harvard University and received a doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1935.

Career

In 1935 Brodin joined the faculty of the Lycee Francais as a professor of French and dean of studies, positions from which he retired in 1976.

Brodin lectured at the Alliance Francaise, Adelphi University and other institutions in the United States and Canada. For many years he was also a literary critic for the weekly France-Amerique.

Brodin also founded the L’Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes (Free French University) in New York City in 1941 along with other scholarly refugees.

Achievements

• Brodin founded the L’Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes (Free French University) in New York City in 1941.

Works

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  • Les maitres de la littérature américaine 1948
  • Presences Contemporaines 1956
  • France et les Francais 1976
  • Gens de France 1968

Connections

Brodin married Dr. Dorothy Rothschild Brodin. They have a son, Alain, of Remalard, France, and several grandchildren.

Wife:

Dorothy Rothschild Brodin

Son:

Alain Brodin