Émile Ripert
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19 November 1882
Émile Ripert | |
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 Émile Ripert on the left, Louis Le Cardonnel on the right | |
| Born | Émile Louis Marie Adrien Ripert 19 November 1882 La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Died | 23 April 1948 (aged 65) Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure University of Paris |
| Occupations | Academic, poet, novelist, playwright |
| Spouse | Adrienne Eugénie Gras |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Casimir Ripert Marie-Louise Beranger |
Émile Ripert (1882–1948) was a French academic, poet, novelist and playwright. He served as the inaugural Chair of Provençal Language and Literature at Aix-Marseille University. He was the author of three novels, four poetry collections, three plays and five non-fiction books about Provençal culture.
Émile Ripert was born on 19 November 1882 in La Ciotat near Marseille in Provence.[1][2] His father was Joseph Casimir Ripert and his mother, Marie-Louise Beranger.[1] His paternal grandfather came from Cadenet in Vaucluse.[1]
Ripert graduated from the École Normale Supérieure.[1] He completed a PhD from the University of Paris.[1]
Career
Ripert began his career as a teacher in Toulon, followed by Marseille.[1] He was appointed as the first-ever Chair of Provençal Language and Literature at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence in 1920.[1]
Meanwhile, Ripert published poetry collections as early as 1908.[1] He published a travel narrative in 1925, and several plays from 1933 onward.[1] He also published some novels.[1]
Ripert was inducted into the Académie de Marseille in 1916, replacing Frédéric Mistral.[3] At Mistral's funeral in 1914, Ripert had praised Giuseppe Bottai, a Fascist politician.[4] Moreover, Ripert was part of an official delegation to Fascist Italy alongside Jean Rivain, Philippe de Zara, Rémy Roux and Marius Jouveau.[4]
