Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère - English

Professor Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère is a Swiss scholar and holds the position of Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She has previously served as Associate Dean of the Humanities at the same institution.

Throughout her career, Prof. Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère has explored various aspects of modern and contemporary literature, focusing on authors such as Dickens, Conrad, Nabokov, Carter, Rushdie, Donoghue, and Yolen. Her research also extends to the international fairy tale tradition and literary translation, covering theory, practice, and reception.

Prof. Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère has authored several notable works, including "Origin and Originality in Salman Rushdie’s Fiction" (1999) and "Reading, Translating, Rewriting: Angela Carter’s Translational Poetics" (2013). She has also served as a guest editor and co-editor for various scholarly volumes on Angela Carter and literary translation.

Outside of her publications, Martine is involved in various academic associations. She is an international corresponding member for the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) and contributes to the Advisory Boards of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction, as well as the Angela Carter Society. Additionally, she participates in scientific committees and literary translation juries.

Her recent contributions include chapters in several scholarly works, such as "The Arts of Angela Carter: A Cabinet of Curiosities" (2019), "Ludics and Laughter as Feminist Aesthetic" (2021), and "Angela Carter’s Pyrotechnics" (2022). Her latest publication, co-edited with peers, is "Translate, illustrate, rewrite, stage: crossing viewpoints" (2023).

Overall, Prof. Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère's scholarly pursuits in literature, translation, and cultural studies have made significant contributions to academic discourse, establishing her as a respected figure in her field.

The University of Angers awarded Professor Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère the Doctor Honoris Causa title on December 3, 2019