Carlos Lynes
Carlos Lynes (* 20th February 1910 in Atlanta ; † 6. April 2007 in Paris ) was a US -American Romance languages .
life and work
Lynes studied at Emory University in Atlanta. In 1934 he passed the master’s examination with the thesis Flaubert the poet . In 1939 he received his doctorate from Princeton University with the thesis Chateaubriand as a historian and critic of French literature (published by T. Chateaubriand as a critic of French literature , Baltimore / London 1946, New York 1973). From 1945 to 1975 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , from 1947 as Associate Professor, from 1953 as Full Professor of Romance Philology. He retired first in Nice and from 1979 in Paris.
Other works
- (Ed. With Germaine Brée ) Marcel Proust, Combray , New York 1952, London 1971
- (Ed. With Germaine Brée ) Albert Camus, L'Etranger , Englewood Cliffs 1955
literature
- Le Monde April 14, 2007
Web links
- http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v53/n32/obit.html (obituary, English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lynes, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lynes, Carlos Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance Studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2007 |
| Place of death | Paris |