Maurice Samuels

Maurice Samuels is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French at Yale. His most recent book is Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair. (February 2026)

Rescuing the Refugees

After the fall of France many writers and artists fleeing the Nazis ended up in Marseille, desperately seeking a way out of occupied Europe.

Marseille 1940: The Flight of Literature

by Uwe Wittstock, translated from the German by Daniel Bowles

February 26, 2026 issue

Proust’s Jewish Question

The debate over Proust’s relation to his Jewish identity ultimately turns not just on his personal attachments but on how he represents Jewish characters in his novel.

Proust, a Jewish Way

by Antoine Compagnon, translated from the French by Jody Gladding

Marcel Proust: L’Adieu au monde juif [Marcel Proust: A Farewell to the Jewish World]

by Pierre Birnbaum

June 26, 2025 issue