Alfred Agostinelli
Alfred Agostinelli (born October 11, 1888 in Monaco , † May 30, 1914 in Antibes ) was a French mechanic and the chauffeur and secretary of the writer Marcel Proust .
In 1907 and 1908, Agostinelli made numerous excursions with Proust, which inspired him to the travel impressions in the automobile published in Figaro . From 1913, when Proust took on Agostinelli as secretary, it is said that their relationship took on a closer, homoerotic form. Proust commissioned Agostinelli to copy his novel In Search of Lost Time on the typewriter . The clever and sensitive Agostinelli is the model for the fictional character Albertine.
literature
- Jean-Yves Tadié: Marcel Proust . Gallimard, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-07-073240-1 .
Web links
- Lecture on Proust and Agostinelli (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Bales: The Cambridge Companion to Proust , 2001, p. 68 ( Online at Google Books )
- ↑ Meindest Evers: Proust and the aesthetic perspective: A study on 'A la Recherche du Temps Perdu' , Königshausen & Neumann, 2004, p. 82 ( online at Google Books)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agostinelli, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chauffeur and secretary Marcel Prousts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monaco |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1914 |
| Place of death | Antibes |