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After the funeral, Vice President George Bush, French President Francois Mitterrand, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and a long line of other distinguished visitors quietly filed past Chernenko's grave. Then they passed through the Kremlin gates to meet the new man in charge...
Professor of French Literature Emeritus Rene Jasinski, a noted expert on French writings of the 17th and 19th centuries and a prolific author, died Saturday following a brief illness, according to a statement issued by the Harvard News Office yesterday...
Jasinski may have been best known for his "Histoire de la Litterature Francaise," published in 1966, which became "a bible for all graduate students in French literature." Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Emeritus Laurence Wylie, a former colleague of Jasinsky, said yesterday...
Born in France, Jasinski served as an artillery officer in both world wars and was an officer of the French Legion of Honor, the News Office statement said...
Jasinski was co-editor of the oldest and most famous review of French literary history. "Revue d'Histoire litteraire de la France," from...