Jacques Gaillard – French Latinist. He was born in 1948. He graduated from one of the leading and prestigious not only French but also world universities, called the Higher Normal School (or Ecole Normal de Lyon). He specialized in the ancient world and culture, their interaction and influence on modernity, conducted various kinds of research on these topics, published several books on these issues, in particular, Anthology of Latin Literature, and then, in the early 2000s, entered fiction. The
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Jacques Gaillard – French
Latinist.
He was born in 1948. He graduated from one of the leading and prestigious not only French but also world universities, called the Higher Normal School (or Ecole Normal de Lyon). He specialized in the ancient world and culture, their interaction and influence on modernity, conducted various kinds of research on these topics, published several books on these issues, in particular, Anthology of Latin Literature, and then, in the early 2000s, entered fiction.
The first novel was published in 2003 and was well received by the public. After that, the prose writer published several more books.