Fernand Letessier

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Fernand Letessier (born September 10, 1914 in Le Mans , † November 20, 1987 there ) was a French Romance studies and editor.

life and work

Letessier attended high schools in Le Mans and Rennes . He studied in Caen and at the Sorbonne and passed the Agrégation in the subject Grammaire in 1938 . After military service, he was a high school teacher at the Lycée Montesquieu in Le Mans from 1940 until his retirement in 1974. He took care of recognized editions of the great French romantics Lamartine , Chateaubriand and Victor Hugo . Letessier was an officer in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques .

Works (editor)

Chateaubriand

  • Atala , Paris, Hatier, 1954 (Classiques Hatier 19, several editions).
  • Memoires d'outre-tombe. Extraits , 2 vol., Paris, Hatier, 1954, 1966 (Classiques Hatier 44–45, several editions).
  • Vie de Rancé , 2 vols., Paris, Didier, 1955 (Société des textes français modern, critical).
  • Chateaubriand. Textes choisis à l'usage de la classe de Troisième , Paris, Hatier, 1955 (Classiques Hatier 612, several editions).
  • René. Les Natchez. Voyage en Amérique , Paris, Hatier, 1956 (Classiques Hatier 511, several editions).
  • Atala. René. Les Aventures du dernier Abencérage , Paris, Garnier, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1970 (Classiques Garnier); Levallois-Perret, Cercle du bibliophile, 1969.
  • Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem , Paris, les Productions de Paris, 1963.

Victor Hugo

  • Hernani, ou l'honneur Castillan , Paris, Angelo Signorelli, 1961.
  • Ruy Blas , Paris, Angelo Signorelli, 1963.

Lamartine

  • Méditations , Paris, Garnier, 1968, 1975, 1980 (Classiques Garnier).

literature

  • Association amicale des anciens élèves du lycée Montesquieu LETTRE D'INFORMATION N ° 9 - 1st MARS 2008 (online, with picture)

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personal data
SURNAME Letessier, Fernand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French romanist and editor
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Mans
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1987
Place of death Le Mans