Gaston Waringhien (July 20, 1901 – December 20, 1991) was a French

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lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ...

, and

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. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics. He was chairman of the

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Books

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'' (1930) * ''

Plena Ilustrita Vortaro ''Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto'' (PIV; ''Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto'') is a monolingual dictionary of the language Esperanto. It was first compiled in 1970 by a large team of Esperanto linguists and specialists under ...

'' (1970)

Other works

* ''Parnasa gvidlibro'' (with Kálmán Kalocsay, 1932) * ''Kontribuo al poemkolekto Dekdu Poetoj'', 1934 * ''Plena (analiza) gramatiko'' (with Kálmán Kalocsay, 1935, 1938, 1981) * ''Facilaj esperantaj legajhoj'' (redaction, 1935) * ''Maximes de La Rochefoucauld'' (translation, 1935) * ''Leteroj de L.L.Zamenhof'' (redaction, 1948) * ''Poemoj de Omar Kajam'' (translation, 1953) * ''Eseoj I: Beletro'' (1956) * ''La floroj de l' malbono'' ("Les fleurs du mal" (The flowers of evil) by

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

, translator and redactor, 1957) * ''Kantoj kaj romancoj'' (translation with Kálmán Kalocsay) * ''La trofeoj'' (translation 1977) * ''Tra la parko de la franca poezio: La renesanca periodo / La klasika periodo'' (translations, 1977/1980) * ''La ĥimeroj'' (translations, 1976) * ''Lingvo kaj vivo'' (essays, 1969) * ''Ni kaj ĝi'' (essays, 1972) * ''1887 kaj la sekvo'' (essays, 1980) * ''Kaj la ceter' - nur literaturo'' (essays, 1983) * ''Duonvoĉe'' (original poems, 1939 and 1963) 1901 births 1991 deaths Linguists from France Writers of Esperanto literature Translators to Esperanto Akademio de Esperanto members Esperanto lexicographers French Esperantists 20th-century translators 20th-century linguists 20th-century lexicographers {{Esperanto-stub