Stanford Leonard Luce Jr (May 19, 1923 – March 26, 2007) was an American academician known for his work on Louis-Ferdinand Céline and for his English translations of

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

books, especially '' The Kip Brothers'' and '' The Mighty Orinoco'', which he was the first to translate into English.

Biography

Luce was born in

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, the son of Agnes Foote Luce and Stanford L. Luce Sr. He received a Ph.D. in French studies from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He died at the age of 83 in

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Works

*''Jules Verne, moralist, writer, scientist'' (1953), first English Ph.D. dissertation on

Note: Jean-Michel Margot is the president of th
North American Jules Verne Society
and co-writer of the 2007 English translation of '' The Kip Brothers''. *''A Glossary of Céline's Fiction, with English Translations'' (1979), Quality Books, *''A Half-century of Céline: An Annotated Bibliography, 1932-1982'' with William K. Buckley (1983), Garland Pub., *''Céline and His Critics: Scandals and Paradox'' (1986), Anma Libri, *''Celine's Pamphlets: An Overview'' (199*), self-published,

Translations

*Jules Verne, '' The Mighty Orinoco'' (), with Arthur B. Evans, Walter James Miller (2002), Wesleyan University Press, *Jules Verne, '' The Begum's Millions'' (), with Arthur B. Evans and Peter Schulman (2005), Wesleyan University Press, *Louis-Ferdinand Céline, '' Conversations with Professor Y'' () (2006), Dalkey Archive Press, *Jules Verne, '' The Kip Brothers'' (), with Arthur B. Evans and Jean-Michel Margot (2007), Wesleyan University Press,

References

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