Denis Huisman (13 April 1929 – 2 February 2021) was a French academic and writer.
Biography
Denis was born to and Marcelle Wogue in the
16th arrondissement of Paris
The 16th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''seizième''.
The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de T ...
. His family was Jewish. On 8 April 1949, he married Gisèle Cahen, who he would divorce, and subsequently married Marie-Agnès Malfray. He then would marry Catherine Cremnitz, who he divorced and was then espoused to Marie-Françoise Cheilletz in 2013. His children were Arnaud, Bruno, Emmanuelle, Dominique, Sophie-Caroline, Elsa, and Violaine.
Huisman attended secondary school at the
Lycée Montaigne, the Lycée Claude-Bernard, and the
Lycée Henri-IV. He continued his studies at the
Faculté des lettres de Paris
The faculté des lettres de Paris was a French educational institution based at the Sorbonne. It was set up by the imperial decree regarding the University of France on 17 March 1808. It partly succeeded the arts faculty of the former University o ...
and at
Sciences Po
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, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
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. He earned a degree in philosophy and a doctorate in letters.
From 1947 to 1951, he taught at various secondary schools in Paris. He served as a lecturer at various universities across the world, such as the
École alsacienne
The École alsacienne is a co-educational private school located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
The school was founded by a group of French Alsatians after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. It then became a model for reforming ...
, the
Beaux-Arts de Paris
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...
,
New York University,
HEC Paris
HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...
, and
Paris Dauphine University. He was also an associate at the
French National Centre for Scientific Research.
In 1961, Huisman founded and became the President of the École française des attachés de presse, which sprouted off multiple branches. He also founded the Institut supérieur des carrières artistiques in 1963 and the École française du marketing in 1967. His institutions eventually merged into the . He was also a member of the
Société des gens de lettres.
Denis Huisman died in Paris on 2 February 2021 at the age of 91.
Distinctions
*Commander of the
Legion of Honour (1998)
*Grand Officer of the
Ordre national du Mérite (2011)
*Officer of the
Ordre des Palmes académiques
*Commander of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...
*''Doctor honoris causa'' of the
New York Institute of Technology
The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT or New York Tech) is a private research university founded in 1955. It has two main campuses in New York—one in Old Westbury, on Long Island, and one in Manhattan. Additionally, it has a cybersecu ...
and the
University of Hull
Books
*''L'esthétique'' (1961)
*''La grande aventure de la communication'' (1988)
*''Âge du faire'' (1994)
*''Histoire des philosophes illustrée par les textes'' (1996)
*''Socrate sur internet'' (1997)
*''Les plus grands textes de la philosophie orientale'' (2000)
*''Les pages les plus célèbres de la philosophie occidentale'' (2000)
*''Dictionnaire des mille œuvres clés de la philosophie'' (2000)
*''Histoire de la philosophie française'' (2002)
*''1000 citations pour l'épreuve de français'' (2003)
*''Socrate Chemins d'éternité'' (2003)
*''Histoire de l'existentialisme'' (2005)
*''La rage de communiquer'' (2006)
*''La littérature française des origines à nos jours'' (2007)
*''Dictionnaire des philosophes'' (2009)
*''La philosophie sans complexe'' (2009)
References
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1929 births
2021 deaths
École des Beaux-Arts faculty