Nicolae Şerban, biographer of Pierre Loti. A moment of the Franco-Romanian dialogue Cover Image

Nicolae Şerban, biographe de Pierre Loti. Un moment du dialogue franco-roumain
Nicolae Şerban, biographer of Pierre Loti. A moment of the Franco-Romanian dialogue

Author(s): Alain Quella-Villéger
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: Pierre Loti; Francophony; Carmen Sylva; Nicolae Şerban; biography; World War I;

Summary/Abstract: French writer Pierre Loti (1850-1923) went twice to Romania, invited by Queen Elizabeth (Carmen Sylva), in 1887 and 1890. She translated his novel Pêcheur d’Islande in German and, thanks to Loti, her Pensées d’une reine was published in France. The year she died, in 1916, a young Romanian Ph. D. professor, read Pierre Loti’s works on the war front and he became his first biographer.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 81-88
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French
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