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About Alain Corbin

Birth

1936

First book

1978

Years writing

48

Biography

Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.

Alain Corbin is a prominent French historian born in 1936 in the town of Courtomer.

His extensive academic career includes teaching experience in both secondary education and at the university level.

He is globally recognized for exploring the history of sensibilities and the social aspects of the 19th century.

Among his most influential works is 'The Foul and the Fragrant', a fascinating study on smell and social imagination.

Throughout his career, he has published over 60 works analyzing topics as diverse as the desire for the coastline or the lives of anonymous figures.