Pierre Michel
Encyclopedia
Pierre Michel is a literature professor and a scholar specializing in the French writer Octave Mirbeau
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Michel was born in Toulon, the son of the historian Henri Michel
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After defending his dissertation on the works of Octave Mirbeau at the University of Angers
in 1992, Michel founded a year later, the Société Octave Mirbeau, a literary society he is currently presiding. He is also the founder and editor in chief of Cahiers Octave Mirbeau
(1993).
A biographer and indefatigable authority of Mirbeau's work, Michel has published critical editions of all his work: novels, plays, articles and correspondence.
Pierre Michel was awarded the Sévigné prize in October 2003 for his edition of the first volume of Mirbeau's Correspondance générale.
Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde...
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Michel was born in Toulon, the son of the historian Henri Michel
Henri Michel (historian)
Henri Michel is a French historian, who studied the Second World War. He created the Comité d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale and the Revue d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale....
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After defending his dissertation on the works of Octave Mirbeau at the University of Angers
University of Angers
The University of Angers is an institution of higher learning situated in the town of the same name, in western France. It was founded in 1356, closed down in 1793, and reestablished in 1971....
in 1992, Michel founded a year later, the Société Octave Mirbeau, a literary society he is currently presiding. He is also the founder and editor in chief of Cahiers Octave Mirbeau
Cahiers Octave Mirbeau
Cahiers Octave Mirbeau is a French literary journal founded in 1994 by French scholar and Octave Mirbeau specialist Pierre Michel.The journal is based in Angers, France. Its periodicity is annual. Between May 1994 and March 2011, 18 installments were released, totaling more than 6,500 pages....
(1993).
A biographer and indefatigable authority of Mirbeau's work, Michel has published critical editions of all his work: novels, plays, articles and correspondence.
Pierre Michel was awarded the Sévigné prize in October 2003 for his edition of the first volume of Mirbeau's Correspondance générale.
Publications
Octave Mirbeau, l'imprécateur au cœur fidèle, biographie, Paris : Séguier, (1990). ISBN 9782877361620- Alice Regnault, épouse Mirbeau : "le sourire affolant de l'eternelle jeunesse" Reims : À l'écart (1994).
- Les Combats d’Octave Mirbeau (1995). Lucidité, désespoir et écriture (2001). Jean-Paul Sartre et Octave Mirbeau (2005). Albert Camus et Octave Mirbeau (2005). Octave Mirbeau et le roman (2005). Bibliographie d’Octave Mirbeau (2008). Les Articles d'Octave Mirbeau (2009). Dictionnaire Octave Mirbeau, L'Âge d'Homme - Société Octave Mirbeau, 2011, 1195 pages.