Félix Lecoy

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Félix Lecoy (born December 23, 1903 in Tunis , † November 23, 1997 in Paris ) was a French Romanist and Medievalist.

life and work

Lecoy was a student of the École Normale Supérieure (1923-1926), studied with Mario Roques and made the Agrégation de grammaire (1926). He was then a high school teacher in Tunis (1927) and Algiers (1933). He completed his habilitation with the two theses Recherches sur le Libro de buen amor de Juan Ruiz (Paris 1938, 1974, 1998) and (Ed.) La "Bible" au seigneur de Berzé (Paris 1938). From 1938 he taught as Maître de conférences at the University of Dijon . He took part in the World War and was interned in Switzerland. From 1944 to 1947 he was a professor in Dijon, from 1947 to 1974 (as the successor to Mario Roques ) at the Collège de France (Chair for French Language and Medieval Literature) and at the École pratique des hautes études (Romance Philology). From 1961 he was the successor of Mario Roques, the magazine Romania . He was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (1966, successor: Michel Zink) and knight of the Legion of Honor.

Other works

  • (Ed.) Le chevalier au barisel. Conte pieux du XIIIe siècle, Paris 1955, 1967, 1973, 1985
  • (Ed.) Jean Renart, Le roman de la Rose ou de Guillaume de Dole, Paris 1962, 2008
  • (Eds.) Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. Le Roman de la Rose, 3 vols., Paris 1965, 1966, 1970
  • (Ed.) Les Romans de Chrétien de Troyes, édités d'après la copie de Guiot (Bibl. Nat., Fr 794). V and VI: Le Conte du Graal (Perceval), 2 vols., Paris 1973 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1998) and 1975 (1981, 1984, 1998)
  • (Ed.) Jean Renart, Le Lai de l'ombre, Paris 1979, 1983
  • Critique et philologie, in: Le Moyen français 12, 1984 (collective publication)
  • (Ed.) La Vie des Pères, 3 vols., Paris 1987, 1993, 1999
  • (Ed.) Le Roman de Tristan par Thomas, Paris 1991, 2003
  • (Ed.) Les deux poèmes de la "Folie Tristan", Paris 1994
  • (Ed.) Le roman de Renart. Branch XX et dernière, Renart empereur. D'après la copie de Cangé, Paris 1999

literature

  • Études de langue et de littérature du Moyen-âge. Mélanges offerts à Félix Lecoy par ses collègues, ses élèves et ses amis, Paris 1973 (with list of publications)
  • Félix Lecoy, Mélanges de philologie et de littérature romanes, Geneva 1988 (collective publication with list of publications)

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personal data
SURNAME Lecoy, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Romanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunis
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1997
Place of death Paris