Germaine Brée
Germaine Brée (1907–2001) was a French-American literary scholar, who wrote extensively on
Life
Born in
Legion of Honor. At this time Brée befriended Albert Camus.[2]
In 1953 Brée was appointed chair of the French department at
University of Wisconsin.[3] From 1973 until 1984 she was Kenan professor of humanities at Wake Forest University.[2] In 1975 she served as president of the Modern Language Association.[3] She was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4][5]
Works
- Marcel Proust and Deliverance From Time, 1955
- Camus, 1959
- Gide, 1963
- Camus and Sartre: Crisis and Commitment, 1972
- Women Writers in France, 1973
References
- ^ Brée, Germaine, American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, 2000. Republished online at encyclopedia.com
- ^ a b c d Dinitia Smith, Germaine Brée, 93, a Scholar Of Modern French Literature, The New York Times, 26 September 2001.
- ^ a b c "Germaine Brée Lectures | Institute for Research in the Humanities". irh.wisc.edu. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Germaine Bree". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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