Michel Zink

French philologist and professor · France · On the map · Academics · Born 1945 · age 81

Michel Zink is a French writer, medievalist, philologist, and professor of French literature, particularly that of the Middle Ages. He is the Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, a title he has held since 2011, and was elected to the Académie française in 2017.

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2021Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourAward2020Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward2019Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver StarAward2017Commander of the Legion of HonourAward2015Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward2007Balzan PrizeAward2006Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of AmericaAward1945Born5 May 1945

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