Marc Monnier
Marc Monnier (December 7, 1829 – April 18, 1885) was a Swiss writer.
Life
Monnier was born at Florence. His father was French, and his mother a Genevese; he received his early education in Naples, he then studied in Paris and Geneva, and he completed his education at Heidelberg and Berlin. He became professor of comparative literature at Geneva, and eventually vice-rector of the university. He died at Geneva on April 18, 1885.Template:Sfn
He wrote a series of short, satirical, dramatic sketches collected as Théâtre de marionettes (1871), and stories, notably Nouvelles napolitaines (1879), numerous works on Italian history, a translation of Goethe's Faust, Genève et ses poètes (1873), etc. The first volume of his Histoire de la littérature moderne, La Renaissance, de Dante a Luther (1884), was crowned by the French Academy.Template:Sfn
References
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- Attribution
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- See Émile Rambert, Ecrivains nationaux suisses, vol. i. (Geneva, 1874).
External links
- The Online Books Page: Online Books by Marc Monnier
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