Carlos Lynes Obituary


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Carlos Lynes, Jr., 97, died in Paris, France on April 6, 2007 following a fall in his home. He had resided in that city since 1979. A graduate of Princeton University, and of Emory University, he was a native of Atlanta. He retired in 1975 as professor emeritus of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught French literature for 30 years. On retiring he lived first in Nice, France. Author of widely used scholarly editions of Marcel Proust and Albert Camus, he remained in close contact with former students and colleagues, many of whom regularly visited him in Paris. He is survived by a niece, Anne Kelley of Avondale Estates; by two nephews, Bill Martin of Sarasota, Florida and Stewart Lynes of Cascais, Portugal; and by eight great-nieces and two great-nephews. Cremation took place in Paris on April 13, 2007.

Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Apr. 29, 2007.
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I was one of his students at Penn in the 1960s. He was a brilliant teacher and a great source of inspiration. It was due to his views on Andre Breton that I have ended up as Chairman of the Montparnasse Cultural Foundation! I wish to pay tribute to him. How I wish I could still talk to him. And of course he instilled my love of Proust. He started me off with Swann's Way. Then there is no turning back.

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January 12, 2024

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I didn't personally know Carlos, however I just wanted to send my condolences to you. I see that he was 97 years old. Wow! Many people are not blessed in this way. Even Moses prayed, "...In themselves the days of our years are seventy years; And if because of special mightiness they are eighty years, ... for it must quickly pass by and away we fly..." (Psalms 90:10) What a mighty man carlos was!

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April 29, 2007

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