Pierre Grimal Explained

Pierre Grimal (November 21, 1912, in Paris  - November 2, 1996, in Paris)[1] was a French historian, classicist and Latinist. Fascinated by the Greek and Roman civilizations, he did much to promote the cultural inheritance of the classical world, both among specialists and the general public.

Biography

Admitted to the École Normale Supérieure in 1933, and received third at the "agrégation de lettres" in 1935, he was member of the École française de Rome (1935–1937) then taught Latin at a Rennes lycée. Then he was active as a professor of Roman civilization at the faculties of Caen and Bordeaux, and finally at the Sorbonne for thirty years.

He published studies on the Roman civilization, of which many volumes to the "Que sais-je?" series, and translations of Latin classical authors (Cicero, Seneca the Younger, Tacitus, Plautus, Terence). On his retirement, he also published biographies and fictionalized histories (Mémoires d’Agrippine, le procès Néron), more intended for the general public.

At the end of his life, he campaigned for the safeguarding of literary teaching.

Works

All published in Paris:

Translations

Latin to French

Greek to French

Honours

Pierre Grimal was a member of:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pierre Grimal . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 11 December 2021 . French .