Eléonore M. Zimmermann

Eléonore M. Zimmermann
Born (1931-10-02) 2 October 1931
Switzerland
OccupationLiterary scholar
Spouse
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(died 2011)​
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1971)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisLa Formation de l'individu dans le roman allemand et français de 1795 á 1805 (1956)
Academic work
DisciplineFrench literature
Institutions

Eléonore Maria Zimmermann (born 2 October 1931) is a Swiss literary scholar based in the United States. A 1971 Guggenheim Fellow, she is author of Magies de Verlaine (1967), La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine (1982), and Poétiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur (1998). She worked as a teacher at Wellesley College, Brandeis University, and University of Rochester, before becoming a full professor at Stony Brook University.

Biography

Eléonore Maria Zimmermann was born on 2 October 1931 in Switzerland and later moved to the United States.[1] She was educated at Swarthmore College, where she got a BA in 1951, and at Yale University, where she got an MA in 1953 and a PhD in 1956.[1] Her doctoral dissertation was titled La Formation de l'individu dans le roman allemand et français de 1795 á 1805.[2]

After working at Wellesley College as a French instructor since 1956, Zimmermann moved to Brandeis University in 1959 as lecturer before being promoted to assistant professor in 1960.[1] In 1966, she joined the University of Rochester as an assistant professor, and she was promoted to full professor in 1971.[1] In 1972, she moved to Stony Brook University.[1] She eventually retired as a professor emeritus,[3] and by 2017, she held a weekly table session for French at her retirement home.[4]

In 1967, Zimmermann's book Magies de Verlaine, centered on the work of French poet Paul Verlaine, was published by José Corti.[a] In 1971,[5] she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for "a study of the concept of fate and liberty in the theatre of Racine",[1] and she subsequently published the 24th volume of Stanford French and Italian Studies, La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine (1982), focusing on the themes of freedom and fate in his work.[b] In 1998, she published another monograph, Poétiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur, which is about the poetry of Charles Baudelaire.[c] She also wrote several academic articles on literature.[1]

Zimmermann was married to Sverre Lyngstad until his death in 2011.[3]

Bibliography

  • Magies de Verlaine (1967)[a]
  • La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine (1982)[b]
  • Poétiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur (1998)[c]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Reviews of this book: [6][7][8][9]
  2. ^ a b c Reviews of this book: [10][11][12][13]
  3. ^ a b c Reviews of this book: [14][15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1969. p. 144.
  2. ^ Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature. 1958. p. 67.
  3. ^ a b "In memory of Sverre" (PDF). Norwegian American Weekly. 27 May 2011. p. 1-11.
  4. ^ "Fall 2017" (PDF). Yale University Department of French. p. 19.
  5. ^ "Eléonore Maria Zimmermann". Guggenheim Fellowships. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  6. ^ Cuénot, C. (1969). "Review of Magies de Verlaine. Etude de révo lution de Paul Verlaine". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 69 (5): 878–879. ISSN 0035-2411. JSTOR 40523613.
  7. ^ Mankin, Paul A. (1968). "Review of Magies de Verlaine". Books Abroad. 42 (1): 64–65. doi:10.2307/40122053. ISSN 0006-7431. JSTOR 40122053.
  8. ^ Wright, Alfred J. (1967). "Review of Magies de Verlaine. Étude de l'évolution poétique de Paul Verlaine". The French Review. 41 (3): 422–423. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 385187.
  9. ^ Perman, R. C. D. (1968). "Review of Magies de Verlaine. Étude de l'évolution poétique de Paul Verlaine". The Modern Language Review. 63 (3): 717–718. doi:10.2307/3722256. ISSN 0026-7937. JSTOR 3722256.
  10. ^ Campion, Edmund J. (1985). "Review of La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine". Modern Philology. 82 (3): 325–326. ISSN 0026-8232. JSTOR 437900.
  11. ^ Danahy, Michael (1983). "Review of La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine Stanford French and Italian Studies, 24". French Forum. 8 (3): 276–277. ISSN 0098-9355. JSTOR 40551397.
  12. ^ Sweetser, Marie-Odile (1984). "Review of La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine. Suivi de deux essais sur le théâtre de Jean Racine". The French Review. 58 (2): 287–288. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 393477.
  13. ^ Viala, Alain (1984). "Review of La Liberté et le destin dans le théâtre de Jean Racine. Suivi de deux essais sur le théâtre de Jean Racine". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 84 (2): 285–286. ISSN 0035-2411. JSTOR 40527791.
  14. ^ Betz, Dorothy M. (2000). "Review of Poétiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur. Situation 51". French Forum. 25 (2): 235–236. ISSN 0098-9355. JSTOR 40552103.
  15. ^ Henry, Freeman G. (1999). "Review of Poétiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur. Situation 51". Nineteenth-Century French Studies. 27 (3/4): 427–428. ISSN 0146-7891. JSTOR 23537399.
  16. ^ Howe, Elisabeth A. (2000). "Review of Poétiques de Baudelaire dans les Fleurs du mal". The French Review. 73 (6): 1226–1227. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 399388.
  17. ^ Masson, Bernard (2000). "Review of Poétiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal, rythme, parfum, lueur". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 100 (4): 1238–1239. ISSN 0035-2411. JSTOR 40534251.
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