Alain (philosopher)

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Alain
Alain in 1931
Born	3 March 1868 Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, France
Died	2 June 1951 (aged 83) Le Vésinet, France
Other names	Emile Chartier
Education	École Normale Supérieure (B.A., 1892) ; National degrees: Baccalaureate in humanities and in sciences: agrégation de philosophie (competitive examination for national teaching licence) Sorbonne: license in philosophie
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy
Academic advisors	Jules Lagneau [fr][1]
Main interests	Political philosophy

Émile-Auguste Chartier (French: [ʃaʁtje]; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain ([alɛ̃]), was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy. He adopted his pseudonym as the most banal he could find. There is no evidence he ever thought in so doing of the 15th century Norman poet Alain Chartier.