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Resident Writer: Emeritus Professor Andy Leak
Biography
Andy Leak lectured in the French Department at University College London from 1987 until his retirement in 2019. He is now Emeritus Professor of French and Francophone studies.
His doctoral thesis was on the work of Jean-Paul Sartre and he continued to research and publish on Sartre throughout his career. He also worked on French critical theory (Barthes), Georges Perec and the OuLiPo, and literature and politics in Haiti. He supports Arsenal and AFC Wimbledon (fortunately they rarely meet) and plays percussion in a salsa band (with more enthusiasm than skill).
Download Word documents below:
75 Years at the Slade: Bullivant title page
75 Years at the Slade: CONTENTS
75 Years at the Slade School of Fine Art: James Frevel Bullivant
Bruno Sibona
Biography
Bruno Sibona studied 16th century (MA) and 17th century (DEA) French literature at university in Aix-en-Provence before completing a PhD in Comparative Literature at UCL. He taught French for many years at Aberystwyth University. He is the co-founder of three literary journals (Détours d’Écriture, L’Amateur de Plein Air, Interstice) and is a regular contributor to the Chroniques du Ça et Là. He has published three volumes of poetry and several volumes of travel writing (all with PhB éditions, Paris), as well as literary criticism, and tales. He lives between Brighton and a house in the mountains of Haute Provence.
Read Ghost Colours (talk given at Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VII)