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Jean-Marc Moura

Jean-Marc Moura

French literary scholar


Jean-Marc Moura (born 5 May 1956) is a French literary scholar. He is considered to have pioneered post-colonial studies in French literature.[1][2]

Moura is a member of the Institut Universitaire de France.[3] Since 2014, he has been a member of the Academia Europaea.[4]

Biography

Jean-Marc Moura was born on 5 May 1956 in Montreuil.[5][6] He earned a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle in 1986.[7][6] He has been a Professor of comparative literature at the Lille University between 1996 and 2008, and a Professor of comparative and francophone literature at the Paris Nanterre University since 2008.[7][4]

In 2003, he was awarded the Gay-Lussac-Humboldt prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung for his research.[7]

In 2011–2012, Moura was a fellow at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.[4]


References

  1. Vernay, Jean-François. "Entretien avec Jean-Marc Moura : du postcolonialisme en littérature". Nonfiction (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. Forsdick, Charles (2018). "Towards a postcolonial nineteenth century". Oxford University Press – Blog. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. Mediapart (2019). "La Maison des écrivains et de la littérature est en danger". Club de Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. "Moura Jean-Marc". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. "Moura, Jean-Marc". The Library of Congress.



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