Michèle Perret

Michèle Perret in 2010

Michèle Perret is a French linguist and novelist who was born in 1937 in Oran in Algeria.[1]

Background and education

She lived in Algeria until 1955, first on a farm near to Sfissef (once known as Mercier-Lacombe),[2] and then in Oran. Towards the end of her secondary education she settled in Paris.[3] After qualifying as an agrégée in modern literature, she went on to a doctorate in literature and humanities.

Career

Her academic career has almost all been spent as a professor of medieval language at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.[4]

After a dissertation[5] about shifters in Middle French[6][7] her subsequent research has included:

Her literary work is mainly concerned with the colonial and postcolonial Maghreb, particularly Algeria.

Bibliography

Academic works and translations

Literary works

Contributions to collections

Works about Perret

References

  1. Where one of her ancestors had arrived in the first convoy of French colonists in 1848
  2. "Leïla Sebbar. Voyage en Algéries autour de ma chambre (Suite 9)". Clicnet.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  3. Jocelyne Carmichael (2015-11-22). "Michèle Perret - Editions Chèvre Feuille Etoilée". Chevre-feuille.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  4. Jean-Claude Polet, "Patrimoine littéraire européen, index général", De Boeck Supérieur, p.514
  5. 1985, supervised first by Robert-Léon Wagner, then by Robert Martin.
  6. C.R. Olivier Soutet, "L'information grammaticale" (1986, vol. 31), pp. 42-43
  7. "Définitions : embrayeur - Dictionnaire de français Larousse". Larousse.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  8. D. Lagorgette et M. Lignereux "Bibliographie", LINX, N° spécial 2002 "Comme la lettre dit la vie : mélanges offerts à Michèle Perret" (pp.15-18) (Published by Paris West - Nanterre La Défense)
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