Pierre-Georges Castex
Pierre-Georges Castex was a French academic, literary critic and author.
Professor of Modern French Literature at Paris-Sorbonne University from 1956 until 1982, Castex was distinguished by election as a Member of the Académie [des Sciences Morales et Politiques] in 1974.
Biography
An alumnus of the École normale supérieure , agrégé de lettres in 1938 and Doctorate in 1951, he taught at Beauvais in 1938 and Saint-Maur in 1942. In 1946-1947, he was assistant professor at the Sorbonne . From 1947 to 1956, he taught at the Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III. From 1956 to 1982, Castex was Professor of modern Literature at the Sorbonne and, since 1974, a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.He was related to former Senate and Mayor Marc Castex, and married Marie-Madeleine Fargeaud.