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Michèle Perret is a French linguist and novelist who was born in 1937 in Oran in Algeria.
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Background and education
She lived in Algeria until 1955, first on a farm near to Sfissef (once known as Mercier-Lacombe), and then in Oran. Towards the end of her secondary education she settled in Paris. After qualifying as an agrégée in modern literature, she went on to a doctorate in literature and humanities.
Career
Her academic career has almost all been spent as a professor of medieval language at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.
After a dissertation about shifters in Middle French her subsequent research has included:
Her literary work is mainly concerned with the colonial and postcolonial Maghreb, particularly Algeria.
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