Susan Rubin Suleiman

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Susan Rubin Suleiman
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1987)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineFrench literature
Institutions

Susan Rubin Suleiman is a Hungarian-born American literary scholar.[1] She is the C. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.[1]

Biography

Suleiman was born in Budapest and emigrated to the United States as a child. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. She taught at Columbia University, Occidental College, before joining the faculty of Harvard University in 1981, when she has been a professor ever since.[1] She has served as the chair of Harvard's Department of Literature and Comparative Literature. Her scholarship has focused on the contemporary literature and culture of France, including the life and works of novelist Irène Némirovsky.[1][2]

Suleiman received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987.[3] She was named an officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1992 by the French government.[1] In 2019, she was awarded a Legion of Honour.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Susan Rubin Suleiman". rll-faculty.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  2. ^ "Prize Winning Book and a Life Cut Short". The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  3. ^ Marx, Alex. "Susan Rubin Suleiman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  4. ^ "FAS professor awarded France's Légion d'honneur". Harvard Gazette. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2022-07-11.


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