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Jacques Boulenger
1879–1944
A lively French man of letters, he moved easily between criticism, history, fiction, and retellings of medieval legend. His work ranges from studies of literary figures to novels and widely read versions of the Arthurian stories.
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Les protestants à Nîmes au temps de l'Édit de Nantes
by Jacques Boulenger
About the author
Born in Paris in 1879, Jacques Boulenger was a French writer, literary critic, historian of literature, and journalist. He studied at the École des chartes and became known for his wide-ranging literary interests, especially medieval and Renaissance writing.
He helped found the Revue du seizième siècle and wrote for major literary journals. Boulenger is often remembered for adapting the Romans de la Table ronde for modern readers and for preparing a complete edition of Rabelais for Gallimard's Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. He also published fiction and essays, with books including Miroir à deux faces, Crime à Charonne, Les soirs de l'archipel, and Les Contes de ma cuisinière.
His life and reputation are complicated by his politics in the 1930s and during the Occupation, when he wrote for collaborationist and antisemitic publications. He died in Paris in 1944.