Claude Lecouteux received a
PhD in
Germanic studies from
Sorbonne University in 1975, and a
DA from the
Blaise Pascal University in 1980. From 1981 to 1992, Lecouteux was Professor and Chair of the
Languages,
Literatures and
Civilizations of
Germanic Peoples at the
University of Caen Normandy. From 1992 to 2007, Lecouteux was Professor and Chair of
Medieval Germanic Literature at Sorbonne University. Since 2007, Lecouteux has been Professor Emeritus and Chair of the Literature and Civilization of Medieval Germanic Peoples at Sorbonne University. Lecouteux was made a Knight of the
Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1996, and an Officer of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006. == Select bibliography ==