Bruno Thibault holds a doctoral degree from the Université de Paris-X (Nanterre) as well as a Ph.D from the University of Maryland (College Park). He is a professor of French literature, civilization and film at the University of Delaware since 1987. He is the author of L'Allure de Morand: du Modernisme au Pétainisme, as well as of numerous articles on J.M.G. Le Clézio.