Background

Todorov, Tzvetan was born on March 1, 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Arrived in France, 1963. Son of Todor Todorov Borov and Haritina (Peeva) Todorova.

Education

Graduate, University Sofia, 1961. Doctorat, University Paris, 1966. Doctorat és lettres, University Paris, 1970.

Career

Research assistant Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1964-1967. Visiting lecturer Yale University, New Haven, 1967-1968. Science researcher Center National de la Recherche Science, Paris, 1968—2005.

Visiting professor Columbia University, New York City, 1974, 77, 80, 83, 86, 89. Board directors Center de Recherches sur les Arts et le Langage, Paris.

Achievements

• Tzvetan Todorov has been listed as a noteworthy Scientific researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Literature and Its Theorists: A Personal View of Twentieth-Century Criticism

    ( Part history, part confession, part manifesto, Literatu...)

  • The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other

    ( The Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultu...)

  • Literature and Its Theorists: A Personal View of Twentieth-Century Cr

    (LITERATURE AND ITS THEORISTS, A PERSONAL VIEW OF TWENTIET...)

  • Theories of the Symbol

    ( Focusing on theories of verbal symbolism, Tzvetan Todor...)

  • Théories du symbole

    (261pages. poche. Broché.)

  • Theories of the Symbol by Tzvetan Todorov (1984-09-10)
  • Literature and Its Theorists: A Personal View of Twentieth-Century Criticism by Tzvetan Todorov (1989-02-21)
  • Theories of the Symbol

Membership

Member American Philols. Society, American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign honorary).

Connections

Married Martine Van Woerkens, June 18, 1971 (divorced September 1980). 1 child, Boris; Married Nancy L. Huston, May 16, 1981. Children: Lea, Alexandre.