Andre Bonnard ( fr. Andre Bonnard ; 16.8 [1] .1888, Lausanne, Switzerland - 10/18/1959, ibid.) - Swiss philologist-Hellenist and public figure. Professor of the University of Lausanne (1938-1959). Member of the SCM (1950). Laureate of the International Stalin Prize "For the strengthening of peace between peoples" (1954).
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| Andre Bonnard | |
| Date of Birth | August 16, 1888 |
| Place of Birth | Lausanne , Switzerland |
| Date of death | October 18, 1959 (71 years old) |
| Place of death | Lausanne , Switzerland |
| A country |  Switzerland |
| Scientific field | philology- Hellenistic |
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Biography
Born in the family of a teacher.
He studied literature at the University of Lausanne (Bachelor of Arts), then studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Then at the teaching work. In 1915-1928 he taught at the classical gymnasium in Lausanne.
In the years 1928-57 he lectured on literature at the University of Lausanne. In 1936 he received a doctorate in Grenoble [2] .
In 1952, he established a popular university in Lausanne, where he lectured on literature, art and world history.
Chairman of the Swiss Peace Committee (1949), member of the World Peace Congresses in Paris ( 1949 ) and Warsaw ( 1950 ).
In 1952 he was charged with espionage in favor of the USSR. Subsequently rehabilitated.
He was married, had no children.
Works
Translations of Aeschylus (Chained Prometheus, Agamemnon), Sophocles (Oedipus Rex, Antigone) and Euripides (Alcestis, Iphigenia in Aulides).
- The Gods of Greece ( 1950 ),
- "Sappho's Poetry" ( 1948 ),
- “Tragedy and Man” ( 1950 )
- “Greek Civilization” (the work was translated into Russian, 1958–62).
- The article “Towards a New Humanism. Reflections on Soviet literature of 1917-1947 ”( 1948 ).
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Notes
- ↑ In TSB, April is apparently mistakenly indicated as the month of birth
- ↑ Bonnard, André