Madeleine Defrenne
Madeleine Defrenne (* 1916 in Genval, Rixensart ; † 2008 ) was a Belgian Romance philologist and literary scholar.
life and work
Madeleine Defrenne studied in Brussels and was a high school teacher from 1939 to 1959. In 1940 she was briefly assistant to Gustave Charlier . She did her doctorate in 1956 on Odilon-Jean Périer (Brussels 1957) and became Emilie Noulet's assistant , representing her from 1959 and succeeding her in 1962, from 1964 as associate professor and from 1967 to 1982 as full professor.
literature
- In memoriam Madeleine Defrenne, in: Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France 2008, 2
Web links
- http://www.ulb.ac.be/philo/romanes/filiere/figures_du_passe/defrenne.html
- Literature by and about Madeleine Defrenne in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Defrenne, Madeleine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian Romance studies and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genval, Rixensart |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2008 |