François Laroque (born 26 April 1948) is a French academic and translator specialising in the works of

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. He is

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of the

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since 2014.

Career

François Laroque is a former student of the

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, he graduated with a Docteur d'État in 1985. He taught English literature at the

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from 1973 to 1990, then at the

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from 1990 to 2014. He is a Shakespeare specialist and a member of the centre for Elizabethan research at Paul Valéry University. In addition to numerous articles on Shakespeare’s plays and on the attitudes and folklore of Elizabethan England, Laroque is also the author of (1988), translated into English and published at

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in 1991 under the title ''Shakespeare’s Festive World''. He wrote for the collection ‘ Découvertes Gallimard’, translated into ten languages, including English, and often reprinted, as well as a collaborator on an anthology of English literature. He participated in the writing of a two-volume collective work on

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, the , published in the collection ‘

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’ on 22 October 2009.

Selected publications

* ''The Journal of François Laroque'', Ye Galleon Press, 1981 * ''Shakespeare’s Festive World: Elizabethan Seasonal Entertainment and the Professional Stage'', Cambridge University Press, 1991, paperback in 1993 * Co-author with and André Topia, ''Anthologie de la littérature anglaise'', Presses Universitaires de France, 1991 * ''Shakespeare : Comme il vous plaira'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 126), série Littératures. Éditions Gallimard, 1991 (eleven international editions: American,

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) ** US edition – ''The Age of Shakespeare'', "

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" series. Harry N. Abrams, 1993 ** UK edition – ''Shakespeare: Court, Crowd and Playhouse'', ‘ New Horizons’ series. Thames & Hudson, 1993 * Co-editor with Pierre Iselin and Sophie Alatorre, ''"And that’s true too": New Essays on King Lear'', Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 * ''Dictionnaire amoureux de Shakespeare'', Plon, 2016 ;Translations * ''Roméo et Juliette'', Livre de Poche, 2005 * ''Le marchand de Venise'', Le livre de Poche, 2008 * ''La Tempête'', Livre de Poche, 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laroque, Francois 1948 births English–French translators Shakespearean scholars École Normale Supérieure alumni Living people