A/Prof Guy Neumann
Profile
A Law graduate from the University of Paris, Guy Neumann started his academic career at the University of Sydney and has been teaching at Macquarie since 1971. He was Head of the Department of European Languages from 2000 to 2005.
Guy was one of a handful of academics around the world who, in the mid-70s, perceived the qualities in the work of a virtually unknown novelist by the name of Claude Simon. Guy's PhD thesis became one of the very first books on this writer, who surprised the literary world by being awarded no less than the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985. In 1990, Guy was invited by the prestigious Revue des Sciences Humaines to edit its special issue dedicated to the first French Nobel Prize for Literature since Albert Camus. This issue was described in the French literary press as "a landmark". Over the years, Guy has been a regular contributor to the "Série Claude Simon", published by the Revue des Lettres Modernes [Minard]. He has also published on Diderot, Samuel Beckett, Patrick Modiano and Claude Mauriac.
Guy's academic qualifications include a Law degree (LenDr) from the University of Paris, a BA (Hon I) and a PhD from Macquarie University. He has been awarded the prestigious
"Palmes Académiques" by the French government for his contribution to education and the promotion of French culture.