Denis Huisman (13 April 1929 – 2 February 2021) was a French academic and writer.

Biography

Denis was born to Georges Huisman and Marcelle Wogue in the

16th arrondissement of Paris The 16th arrondissement of Paris (; ) is the westernmost of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. Located on the city's Right Bank, it is adjacent to the 17th and 8th arrondissements to the northeast, as well as to the ...

. His family was Jewish. On 8 April 1949, he married Gisèle Cahen, who he would divorce, and subsequently married Marie-Agnès Malfray. He then would marry Catherine Cremnitz, who he divorced and was then espoused to Marie-Françoise Cheilletz in 2013. His children were Arnaud, Bruno, Emmanuelle, Dominique, Sophie-Caroline, Elsa, and Violaine. Huisman attended secondary school at the Lycée Montaigne, the Lycée Claude-Bernard, and the

Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV () is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges ('' lycées'') in France. The school educates more ...

. He continued his studies at the

Faculté des lettres de Paris The Faculty of Humanities of Paris (in French: ''Faculté des Lettres de Paris''), commonly known as the ''Sorbonne'', was one of the four faculties of the University of Paris, refounded in 1896, and an independent entity from 1808 to 1896, based ...

and at

Sciences Po Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

. He earned a degree in philosophy and a doctorate in letters. From 1947 to 1951, he taught at various secondary schools in Paris. He served as a lecturer at various universities across the world, such as the

École alsacienne The École alsacienne is a co-educational private school located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The school was founded by a group of French Alsatians after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. It then became a model for reforming th ...

, the

Beaux-Arts de Paris The (), formally the (), is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-G ...

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

HEC Paris HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...

, and

Paris Dauphine University Paris Dauphine University - PSL () is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, Collegiate university, constituent college of PSL University. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields ...

. He was also an associate at the

French National Centre for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engi ...

. In 1961, Huisman founded and became the President of the École française des attachés de presse, which sprouted off multiple branches. He also founded the Institut supérieur des carrières artistiques in 1963 and the École française du marketing in 1967. His institutions eventually merged into the École des nouveaux métiers de la communication. He was also a member of the

Société des gens de lettres The Société des gens de lettres de France (SGDLF; ; ) is a writers' association founded in 1838 by the notable French authors George Sand, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, and Alexandre Dumas. It is a private association recognised in France as ...

. Denis Huisman died in Paris on 2 February 2021 at the age of 91.

Distinctions

*Commander of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

(1998) *Grand Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

(2011) *Officer of the

Ordre des Palmes académiques A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that by the early 17th century it comprised up to ...

*Commander of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

*''Doctor honoris causa'' of the

New York Institute of Technology The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT or New York Tech) is a Private university, private research university, research university founded in 1955. It has two main campuses in New York (state), New York—one in Old Westbury, on Long I ...

and the

University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hu ...

Books

*''L'esthétique'' (1961) *''La grande aventure de la communication'' (1988) *''Âge du faire'' (1994) *''Histoire des philosophes illustrée par les textes'' (1996) *''Socrate sur internet'' (1997) *''Les plus grands textes de la philosophie orientale'' (2000) *''Les pages les plus célèbres de la philosophie occidentale'' (2000) *''Dictionnaire des mille œuvres clés de la philosophie'' (2000) *''Histoire de la philosophie française'' (2002) *''1000 citations pour l'épreuve de français'' (2003) *''Socrate Chemins d'éternité'' (2003) *''Histoire de l'existentialisme'' (2005) *''La rage de communiquer'' (2006) *''La littérature française des origines à nos jours'' (2007) *''Dictionnaire des philosophes'' (2009) *''La philosophie sans complexe'' (2009)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huisman, Denis 1929 births 2021 deaths Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts Academic staff of HEC Paris French Jews