Leonard Rosmarin Explained

Leonard Rosmarin (born in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professor of French literature and a novelist. He is the former Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Rosmarin is a specialist of seventeenth century French literature, and links between opera and literature.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Rosmarin earned a doctorate from Yale University where he began his teaching career in 1964. He became assistant professor at Wesleyan University, also in Connecticut.^[3]

In 1969, he returned to Canada to take up a position as associate, then full professor at Brock University.

Rosmarin has been decorated twice by the Government of France for distinguished service in the cause of French letters.^[4]

Books

• Elie Wiesel ou le refus du désespoir, Editions du Grand-Pré, 2011 (book never published: publisher went bankrupt)
• Getting Enough, Strategic Book Publishing, 2009, ^[5]
• Liliane Atlan ou la quête de la forme divine, L'Harmattan : Editions du Gref, 2004
• When Literature becomes Opera : Study of a Transformational Process, Rodopi Bv Editions, 1999,
• Robert Pinget, Twayne publishers, 1995,
• Exilés, marginaux et parias dans les littératures francophones, L'Harmattan : Editions du Gref, 1994
• Albert Cohen, témoin d'un peuple, Editions du Grand-Pré, 1992
• Emmanuel Levinas, humaniste de l'autre homme, L'Harmattan : Editions du Gref, 1991,
• Saint-Evremond, artiste de l'euphorie, Summa publications, 1987,

Notes and References

1. http://www.salondulivreparis.com/Programme/Moteurs-de-recherche/Zoom-personnalites,Leonard-ROSMARIN.htm?Zoom=746b452a8f214af2f040f1cb7325bd8c&SType= Salon du livre de Paris
2. Web site: AAOF . 2015-08-26 . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160430023447/https://aaof.ca/membres/repertoire/leonard-rosmarin/ . dead .
3. http://leonardrosmarin.webs.com/aboutme.htm Personal website
4. http://www7.mississauga.ca/Departments/Library/LocalAuthors/LRosemarin.html Leonard Rosmarin
5. http://www.mississauga.com/community-story/3148556-author-inspired-by-his-jewish-family-in-montreal/ Author inspired by his Jewish family in Montreal