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Biographical references. External links. Francis Steegmuller (July 3, 1906 – October 20, 1994) was an American biographer, translator and fiction writer, who was known chiefly as a Flaubert scholar. Life and career. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Steegmuller graduated from Columbia University in 1927. [1] .
22 ott 1994 · Francis Steegmuller, the American novelist, biographer and translator whose works on Gustav Flaubert illuminated the agonies and thrills of creating fiction, died at a Naples hospital on...
The letters of Gustave Flaubert ( French: la correspondance de Flaubert ), the 19th-century French novelist, range in date from 1829, when he was 7 or 8 years old, to a day or two before his death in 1880. [1] They are considered one of the finest bodies of letters in French literature, admired even by many who are critical of Flaubert's novels ...
Francis Steegmuller is the author of more than twenty books and a recipient of numerous awards and honors. His translation of Madame Bovary is an acknowledged classic. In 1982 the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awarded him its Gold Medal for Biography.
F S. About the Author. Francis Steegmuller was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and was educated in the public schools of Greenwich, and at Columbia University. He was the author of many works about French culture and society, and translator of Gustave Flaubert’s letters and the Modern Library edition of Madame Bovary.
Francis Steegmuller (1963–1994; his death) Shirley Hazzard (30 January 1931 – 12 December 2016) was an Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She was born in Australia and also held U.S. citizenship.
6 nov 1994 · The Talk of the Town. Flaubert's Friend. By Evan Cornog. November 6, 1994. The New Yorker, November 14, 1994 P. 48. TALK story, which is an obituary of the writer Francis Steegmuller, a...
