Robert André Edouard Baldick,

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(9 November 1927 – April 1972), was a British scholar of

French literature French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than F ...

, writer,

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and joint editor of the

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series with

Betty Radice Betty Radice (3 January 1912 – 19 February 1985) was a literary editor and translator. She became joint editor in chief, editor of Penguin Classics, and vice-president of the Classical Association. Her English translations of classical and medi ...

. He was a Fellow of

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. He wrote eight books including biographies of

Joris-Karl Huysmans Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (, ; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (, variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel '' À rebour ...

Frédérick Lemaître Antoine Louis Prosper "Frédérick" Lemaître (28 July 1800 – 26 January 1876) was a French actor and playwright, one of the most famous players on the celebrated Boulevard du Crime. Biography Lemaître, the son of an architect, was bo ...

and

Henry Murger Louis-Henri Murger, also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger (27 March 1822 – 28 January 1861), was a French novelist and poet. He is chiefly distinguished as the author of the 1851 book '' Scènes de la vie de bohème'' (Scenes of Bohem ...

and a history of the Siege of Paris. In addition he edited and translated '' The Goncourt Journals'' and other classics of French literature including works by

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , , ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flauber ...

, Chateaubriand,

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lite ...

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the '' Voyages extra ...

, and

Henri Barbusse Henri Barbusse (; 17 May 1873 – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party. He was a lifelong friend of Albert Einstein. Life The son of a French father and an English mother, Barbusse was born in Asnièr ...

, as well as a number of novels by Georges Simenon. His sons are Julian Baldick, an author specialising in Sufism, and English academic Chris Baldick.

Bibliography

* ''The Life of Joris Karl Huysmans''. (Published originally by Oxford University Press, 1955. New edition revised by Brendan King, Dedalus Books 2006) * ''Dinner at Magny's'' (Published by Victor Gollancz,

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) * ''The Life and Times of

'' (Published by Hamish Hamilton) * ''The Goncourts'' (Published by Bowes and Bowes) * ''The First Bohemian: The Life of

'' (Published by Hamish Hamilton) * ''The Siege of Paris'' (Published by Batsford) * ''The Duel: A History of

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'' (Published by Chapman and Hall) * ''The Memoirs of Chateaubriand '' (Edited, translated and published by Hamish Hamilton) * ''Pages from the Goncourt Journal'' (Edited and translated by Oxford University Press) * ''Memoirs'' (Chateaubriand - Translator from French to English) * ''Nausea'' (Sartre - Translator from French to English) * ''Pages from The Goncourt Journal'' (Translator from French to English) * ''Sentimental Education'' (Flaubert - Translator from French to English) * ''Three Tales'' (Flaubert - Translator from French to English) * '' Against Nature'' (Huysmans - Translator from French to English) * ''

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'' (

Barbusse Henri Barbusse (; 17 May 1873 – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party. He was a lifelong friend of Albert Einstein. Life The son of a French father and an English mother, Barbusse was born in Asnièr ...

- Translator from French to English) * ''Aphrodite'' (1972) from '' Aphrodite: mœurs antiques'' by Pierre Louÿs (Translator from French to English)London: Panther. .

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1927 births 1972 deaths English translators Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford Jules Verne 20th-century British translators 20th-century French novelists 20th-century male writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Penguin Books people British speculative fiction translators {{UK-translator-stub

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