Geneviève Delattre

Geneviève Delattre (born September 9, 1920 in La Tronche , Isère Département , † November 16, 1993 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American Romance philologist of French origin.

life and work

Geneviève Delattre went to the United States after World War II. She received her doctorate from Columbia University in 1960 with the thesis Les opinions littéraires de Balzac (Paris 1961) and taught at Mount Holyoke College and at the University of Colorado . In 1964 she went with her husband Pierre Delattre to the University of California at Santa Barbara and taught there from 1972 to 1986 as a university professor. In 1983 she was Teacher of the Year.

In Santa Barbara the "Pierre and Geneviève Delattre Memorial Library" bears her name.

personal data
SURNAME	Delattre, Genevieve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Romance philologist of French origin
DATE OF BIRTH	September 9, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	La Tronche , Isère department
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1993
Place of death	Santa Barbara (California)