Liliane Kerjan
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Liliane Kerjan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 February 1940 |
| Died | 28 June 2021 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable awards | Prix Grand Ouest |
Liliane Kerjan (13 February 1940 – 28 June 2021) was a French historian.[1] She specialized in American literature.
Kerjan earned a degree in English from Rennes 2 University and a doctoral degree from Blaise Pascal University in 1977. She would go on to serve as Vice-President of Rennes 2 and subsequently was Rector of the Académie de Limoges from 2000 to 2005. As part of the Fulbright Program, she was a visiting professor at the University of San Diego and Yale University.
In 1986, Kerjan began her collaboration with La Quinzaine littéraire.[2] In 2010, she published a biography on Tennessee Williams and another on Arthur Miller in 2012.[3] She was also President of the Institut franco-américain de Rennes from 2007 to 2020.[4] In 2020, she published Ils ont fait un rêve, a biography on African American authors Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and James Baldwin.[5]
Liliane Kerjan died on 28 June 2021 at the age of 81.[6]
Awards and honours
- In 2010, she received the Prix Grand Ouest from the Association des écrivains de l'Ouest.[5]
