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Régis Michaud
1880–1939
A French scholar and writer who helped open American literature to French readers, he was especially drawn to Emerson and the currents of modern thought moving between France and the United States.
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The American novel to-day : A social and psychological study
by Régis Michaud
About the author
Born in 1880 and active as a specialist in American literature, he built a reputation as a critic, translator, and teacher with a strong interest in transatlantic literary exchange.
The Académie française highlights several of his notable books, including Mystiques et réalistes anglo-saxons (1920), Le roman américain d’aujourd’hui (1927), and La vie inspirée d’Emerson (1931). Those works also received Académie prizes, showing the esteem his criticism earned in France.
Archival records at the University of Illinois describe him as a professor of French from 1930 to 1939 and preserve lecture material on French and American literary exchange, along with notes on writers such as Racine and Balzac. He died in 1939, leaving behind work that connected French readers with American thought and literature.