René Dumesnil Explained

Birth Name:René, Alphonse, Adolphe Dumesnil
Birth Date:19 June 1879
Birth Place:Rouen
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Musicologist
literary critic
Spouse:Jeanne Bailly (1888-1972)

René Dumesnil (19 June 1879 – 24 December 1967) was a French physician, literary critic and musicologist.

Dumesnil studied literature at the Sorbonne and became a literary critic. Then he was music critic for Le Mercure de France and Le Monde.

He was elected a member of the Académie des beaux-arts in 1965. In addition to his publications in literature (numerous studies on Flaubert, Maupassant and realism, he has written a number of books on music. Dumesnil won four prizes awarded by the Académie française.

Publications

His writings were published in Paris (unless otherwise stated).

Critics and literary history

Musical critic

Essays, history

Novels and tales

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