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Serge Doubrovsky

セルジュ・ドゥブロフスキー

Seruju Duburofusukī

Aliases: Julien Doubrovsky / Julien Serge Doubrovsky

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-05-22 (Paris, France)
Died
2017-03-23 (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) age 88
Nationality
French
Languages
French, English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Paris → 16th arrondissement of Paris → New York

Career

Occupations
Author, Theorist, Professor of French Literature
Active Years
1963-2011
Affiliations
New York University, Harvard University, Smith College, Brandeis University

Education

École Normale Supérieure
English
Degree: agrégation
Period: 1940年代
Year of Graduation: 1949
Country: France
Agrégation in English
Unknown
French Literature
Degree: PhD
Country: France
PhD in French Literature

Awards

Prix Médicis
1989
Work: Le Livre brisé
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Livre brisé

1989 Autofiction

Autobiographical novel that won the Prix Médicis.

Self-explorationFamilyWar

Bibliography

  • Le jour S, 1963.
  • Corneille et la Dialectique du héros, 1963.
  • Pourquoi la nouvelle critique:critique et objectivité, 1966.
  • La Dispersion, 1969.
  • La place de la madeleine:écriture et fantasme chez Proust, 1974.
  • Fils, 1977.
  • Parcours critique, 1980.
  • Un amour de soi, 1982.
  • La vie l'instant, 1985.
  • Autobiographiques:de Corneille à Sartre, 1988.
  • Le livre brisé, 1989.
  • L'après-vivre, 1994.
  • Laissé pour conte, 1999.
  • Parcours critique 2, 2006.
  • Un homme de passage, 2011.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Pioneer of autofictionCritical styleAutobiographical narrative
Recurring Motifs
Self-reflectionFamily relationsHolocaust memory

Legacy

French writer and critic who coined the term 'autofiction' and won the Prix Médicis.

Trivia

  • Born into a Jewish family and hid with family during WWII.
  • Had two daughters: Renee and Cathy.
  • Cousin of writer Marc Weitzmann.