Michel Delon
Michel Delon (* 1947 ) is a professor of French literature of the eighteenth century at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne . He is a specialist in the century of the Enlightenment , especially in the history of ideas and libertine literature. He is the author of numerous books on this epoch and editor, including the Dictionnaire européen des Lumières (1997) and the oeuvres of the Marquis de Sade and the Contes et romans by Denis Diderot in the renowned Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.
academic career
After studying literature at the Sorbonne, Michel Delon became an assistant at the University of Caen in 1973 and lecturer at the University of Orléans in 1981 . After receiving the Doctorat d'État in 1985, he became a professor at the University of Paris X-Nanterre in 1988 . Since 1997 he has been a professor at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne. For 2013 he was awarded the Gay Lussac Humboldt Prize .
Publications (selection)
A complete list of publications can be found on the website of the Paris-IV Sorbonne University.
- Books
- L'Idée d'énergie au tournant des Lumières. 1770–1800, Paris, PUF, Littératures modern, 1988.
- Les Liaisons dangereuses de Laclos. Paris, PUF, Études littéraires, 1986.
- L'Invention du boudoir. Paris, Zulma, Grains d'orage, 1999.
- Le savoir-vivre libertin. Paris, Hachette-Littératures, 2000 (paperback 2004).
- Diderot cul par-dessus tete. Albin Michel, Paris 2013
- Dictionnaire européen des Lumières . Paris, PUF, 1997. (American edition 2001, paperback 2007.)
- with Catriona Seth, Sade en toutes lettres. Autour d'Aline et Valcour . Paris, Desjonquères, 2004.
- Diderot cul par-dessus tete . Editions Albin Michel, Paris 2013.
- Text editions
- Marquis de Sade: œuvres . Paris, Gallimard, Bibl. De la Pléiade, 3 volumes, 1990–1995.
- Denis Diderot: Contes et romans . Paris, Gallimard, Bibl. De la Pléiade, 2004.
Web links
- Profile on the side of the Paris-IV Sorbonne University .
- Literature by and about Michel Delon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of Michel Delon
- Michel Delon - Diderot cul par-dessus tête. Les éditions Albin Michel, September 18, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michel DELON ( French ) University of Paris IV-Sorbonne. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Delon, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |