T.Wignesan:
Born in Kuala Krai,
Malaysia. Up to his twenty-first year in Singapore, India, and
Malaysia; then in London, Heidelberg, West Berlin, Madrid, and Paris.
Education: After only four years of
schooling at Batu Road School and the Victoria Institution in Kuala
Lumpur (1946- 1949: dropped out in 1950); school and higher school
certificates (Cambridge University: 1951 (SC: 9 subjects - Grade One)
& 1953 (HSC: 1 A-level & 3 O-levels), and London University
GCE: 4 A-levels and 1 O-level - 1955); Bar studies at the Inns of Court
School of Law, London (1953-56); began doctoral dissertation in
Philosophy (epistemology) at Heidelberg Universität and Freien
Universität in West Berlin (1957-58); Hispanic Studies in Madrid
(1968-72): Escuela Oficial de Idiomas: 3rd Year Certificates in
language, literature & civilization: 1968-70; Universidad de
Madrid: Diploma in Hispanic Studies, 1971 (1970-72) and Instituto de la
Cultura Hispanica (M.A. course in Hispano-Filipino studies:1971-72);
Université de Paris-VIII [Equivalence in Spanish Literature for the
Licence: 1972; Maitrise d’Enseignement d’Espagnol: 1973]; Comparative
Literature: Sorbonne-Nouvelle (1973-83); Aesthetics-Poietics:
Université de Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne [Doctorat d’Etat ès lettres et
sciences humaines: March 1987. Viva scheduled at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle
for June 3, 1983 postponed sine die due to jury mishap]. Extraordinary
Prize in Hispanic Studies at Madrid University (1971). Distinctions:
Très Bien for the Master’s degree and Très Honorable à l’unanimité
(summa cum laude) for the doctorate.
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