Born in Dijon on May 20, 1895. Died on June 4, 1977.
Education and Professional Career
- 1913–1915, 1919–1920: Student at the École Normale Supérieure
- 1915: Bachelor of Arts (Classical Languages and Literature)
- 1915–1922: Member of the École des Hautes Études Hispaniques (Madrid–Seville 1915–1916, Madrid 1920–1922)
- January–June 1916: Delegate of the Allied International Propaganda Committee in Spain
- 1916–1919: Served in the military as a second lieutenant in the artillery
- 1920: Certified Spanish Teacher
- 1922–1926: Professor of French at the University of Lisbon
- 1926–1929: Professor of Spanish at the Lycée de Bordeaux
- 1929–1937: Lecturer in Southern Languages and Literatures at the Faculty of Letters in Algiers
- 1934–1939: Member of the Vigilance Committee of Anti-Fascist Intellectuals
- 1936: Popular Front candidate in the legislative elections in Algiers
- 1937: Doctor of Letters
- 1937–1945: Professor of Spanish Language and Literature at the Faculty of Letters in Paris
- July 1–August 16, 1941: Interned at the Royallieu camp (Compiègne)
- 1945–1965: Professor at the Collège de France (Languages and Literatures of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America)
- 1955–1965: Chairman of the Collège de France
Awards and Honors
- Croix de guerre 1914-1918
- 1953: Member of the Institut, elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
- 1964: Commander of the Legion of Honor
- 1958: President of the Society of Americanists
- 1959: President of the International Association of Comparative Literatures
- 1962: President of the Society of French Hispanists
- 1964: President of the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas
- Abroad, Marcel Bataillon was a member of several academies and learned societies and the recipient of numerous awards, honorary doctorates, and decorations