René Doumic (7 March 1860, in Paris – 2 December 1937), Frenchcritic and man of letters, was born in Paris, and after a distinguished career at the École Normale began to teachrhetoric at theCollège Stanislas de Paris.
Doumic attended theLycée Condorcet and the École Normale, both in Paris.He was a contributor toLe Moniteur Universel, theJournal des Débats and theRevue bleue, but was best known as the independent and uncompromising literary critic of theRevue des Deux Mondes.
In 1898, Doumic participated in the French Conferences atHarvard University. He was a Chevalier of theLegion of Honour, president of theSociété des gens de lettres (1909), member of theAcadémie française, and Fellow of theUniversity of Paris. He wrote a number of articles for theCatholic Encyclopedia.[1]
As editor of theRevue des Deux Mondes he published the work of Jewish-Algerian writerElissa Rhaïs.[2]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Doumic, René".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
