Christiane Marchello-Nizia

Biography

Marchello-Nizia studied at the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint Cloud, receiving her doctorate in 1975. She subsequently held a position as assistant professor at Sorbonne University (1966–70) before returning to the École normale supérieure de Fontenay as associate professor (1970–84), then full professor (1984-2006); the ENS moved to Lyon in 2000. From 1994 until 2004 she was a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and between 1997 and 2000 director there.

Marchello-Nizia has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards. In 1998 she was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour for services to education, and was promoted to Officer in 2013. She has been a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters since 2002, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Helsinki in 2003. In 2021 she was elected Member of the Academia Europaea. For her two-volume historical grammar of French (Grande Grammaire Historique du Français) she and her co-authors were also awarded the 2021 Prix Honoré Chavée by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.