Simon Gaunt

Simon Gaunt FBA (4 July 1959 – 4 December 2021)[1][2][3] was a professor of French literature at King's College London, where he was Head of the French Department and Head of the School of Humanities. He was past president of the Society for French Studies (2006-8), a Fellow of King's College, London from 2015 and an Honorary Fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge from 2016.

Simon Gaunt
Born(1959-07-04)July 4, 1959
DiedDecember 4, 2021(2021-12-04) (aged 62)
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
OccupationAcademic

Gaunt did his graduate studies at the University of Warwick and then taught at the University of Cambridge before moving to King's College to take up an established chair in 1998.

In July 2018 Gaunt was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[4]

He died of complications from treatment for myeloma in December, 2021.

Publications
  • Marco Polo's 'Le Devisement du Monde'. Narrative Voice, Language and Diversity Gallica, Vol. 31 (D.S. Brewer, 2013)
  • Martyrs to Love: Love and Death in Medieval French and Occitan Courtly Literature (Oxford: OUP, 2006)
  • Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995; pbk 2005)
  • Retelling the Tale: an Introduction to Medieval French Literature (London: Duckworth, 2001)
  • (with Ruth Harvey and Linda Paterson) Marcabru: a Critical Edition (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2000)
  • (with Sarah Kay) The Troubadours: an Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999)
  • Troubadours and Irony (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989)

References
  1. "Professor Simon Gaunt FBA (1959-2021)". www.kcl.ac.uk. King's College London. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. "Simon Gaunt". The British academy. The British academy. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. "Professor Simon Gaunt FBA". St Catharine's College. St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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