Claude Frioux

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Claude Frioux (12 January 1932 – April 17, 2017) was a French academic specializing in Russia. A Normalien, agrégé de russe, sovietologist, he was a lecturer at the faculté de lettres de Rennes before becoming professor emeritus at the Université de Paris VIII («Vincennes à Saint-Denis») which he chaired from its inception in 1971 until 1976 and from 1981 to 1986. He has often led translation projects, especially with Elsa Triolet

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