Background
Asselineau, Roger Maurice was born on March 24, 1915 in Orleans, France. Son of Maurice Alfred and Blanche Marie (Presle) Asselineau.
Asselineau, Roger Maurice was born on March 24, 1915 in Orleans, France. Son of Maurice Alfred and Blanche Marie (Presle) Asselineau.
Licence es Lettres, U.Sorbonne, 1935, Master of Arts, 1936, Agregation, 1938, Doctorate es Lettres, 1953. Honorary doctorate, U. Posnan, Poland, 1977. Lycee teacher Le Havre, Beauvais, Paris, 1938-1945.
American Field Service fellow Harvard University, 1945-1946, instructor French, 1946-1947, research assistant English, 1948-1949.
Associate Professor of English, U. Clermont-Ferrand, 1949-1954. Professor American literature U. Lyon, 1954-1960, Sorbonne University, 1960-1969.
Professor American literature U. Paris-Sorbonne, 1969-1983, professor emeritus, 1983, department chairman English, 1969-1973, 76. Visiting professor State University of New York-Albany, 1968, University of California-Davis, 1970, 72, New York University, 1978-1979, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1983.
Lycee teacher Le Havre, Beauvais, Paris, 1938-1945. American Field Service fellow Harvard University, 1945-1946, instructor French, 1946-1947, research assistant in English, 1948-1949. Associate professor English, University Clermont-Ferrand, 1949-1954.
Professor American literature University Lyon, 1954-1960, University Sorbonne, 1960-1969, University Paris-Sorbonne, 1969-1983, professor emeritus, since 1983, chairman department English, 1969-1973, 76. Visiting professor State University of New York, Albany, 1968, University California, Davis, 1970, 72, New York University, 1978-1979, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1983.
SErved to lieutenant, infantry French Army, 1939-1940. Member Modern Language Association (honorary), French Association American Studies (past president), European Association American Studies (past chairman), Hemingway Society, International Association Professors English, Société des Gens de Lettres, Association Literature Scholars and Critics.
Married Paule Maillet, November 12, 1951. Children: Daniel, Jean-Yves, Claire.