Claude Pichois

Claude Pichois was a French academic and a leading scholar on the life and work of Charles Baudelaire. He was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and at Sorbonne University. He taught at Vanderbilt University for many years.

He published extensively on Baudelaire and collaborated with scholars such as Jacques Crepet and Jean Ziegler (writer). He also wrote on classic French authors such as Gerard Nerval and Colette. His life of Colette (co-written with Alain Brunet) won a Prix Goncourt.[1]

References

"French scholar Claude Pichois dies in France; Baudelaire expert taught at Vanderbilt for 28 years" (Press release). Nashville: Vanderbilt University. 13 October 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

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[1] "French scholar Claude Pichois dies in France; Baudelaire expert taught at Vanderbilt for 28 years" (Press release). Nashville: Vanderbilt University. 13 October 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2020.