Posted on October 20, 2004 at 2:03 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Distinguished Professor of French William C. Carter, Ph.D., has been selected to be included in a biographical directory, Marquis Who’s Who in America. He will be profiled in the 2005 edition of the publication.

Carter received critical acclaim in 2000 for his book Marcel Proust: A Life, a comprehensive biography on the life of the early 20th century French writer Marcel Proust, who has been hailed as one of the great literary voices of the 20th century. Carter’s book was listed as a New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 2000.

Carter played a crucial role in developing the world’s third largest Proust collection, which is housed in the Mervyn H. Sterne Library. In 1989, the French government honored his contributions to French culture by awarding him the Palmes Académiques. He was project director and co-producer of the 1992 award-winning documentary “Marcel Proust: A Writer’s Life,” which aired on PBS in 1993.

Carter is a native of Jessup, Georgia. He has been a member of the UAB faculty since 1975. He was chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature from 1979 to 1990.