Michel Tétu

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Michel Tétu (* 1938 in Chalon-sur-Saône ; † January 11, 2008 in Québec (city) ) was a French-Canadian Romanist and Caribbeanist .

life and work

Tétu studied in Lyon . He went to Canada and received his doctorate from Laval University in 1961 with the thesis Les premiers syndicats catholiques canadiens (1900-1921) . He first taught at Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury and then became a professor at Laval University in Québec City .

Tétu played an important role in the international organization of the Francophonie . From 1977 to 1982 he was in the management of the "Association des universités partiellement ou entièrement de langue française" (AUPELF), he was President of the "Conseil international des études francophones" (CIEF) (1991), and in 1992 founded the annual publication L'année francophone internationale (AFI) and was President of the "Center international de research, d'échanges et de cooperation de la Caraïbe et des Amériques" (CIRECCA).

Tétu was a member of the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (2000) and Knight of the Legion of Honor .

Michel Tétu was married to the regional historian Françoise Tétu de Labsade .

Works

  • (Ed. With André Reboullet ) Le Guide Culturel. Civilizations et littératures d'expression française , Paris 1977, 1997
  • (Ed. With Maximilien Laroche) Le Romancero aux étoiles et l'œuvre romanesque de Jacques Stephen Alexis , Paris 1978
  • La Francophonie. Histoire, sondématique et perspectives , Montreal 1987, 1992, Paris 1988 (prefaces by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Jean-Marc Léger )
  • (Ed.) Léon-Gontran Damas . Actes du colloque Léon-Gontran Damas , Paris 1989
  • (Ed.) Guy Tirolien . De Marie Galante à une poétique afro-antillaise , Paris 1990 (interview)
  • Qu'est-ce que la francophonie? , Vanves 1997
  • (Ed. With Justin Kalulu Bisanswa) Francophonie en Amérique. Quatre siècles d'échanges Europe-Afrique-Amérique, Québec, 26-29 May 2003. Actes du colloque , Quebec 2005

literature

  • Stoyan Atanassov, Michel Tétu (1938-2008) in memoriam, in: Fréquences Francophones 10, 2008
  • Hommage à Michel Tétu, in: L'année francophone internationale 2008
  • Aurélien Boivin, Hommage à Michel Tétu, in: Québec français 149, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Tétu, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Canadian Romance studies and Caribbean studies
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Chalon-sur-Saône
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2008
Place of death Quebec City