Jean Chevalier (plume Hunter)

Jean Chevalier (1906–1993) was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian, best known for his co-authorship of the ''Dictionnaire des symboles'' (''Dictionary of Symbols''), first printed in 1969 by publisher

Éditions Robert Laffont Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium. It is considered one of the most ...

. ''Dictionary of Symbols'' is an encyclopedic work of cultural anthropology, co-written with the French poet and Amazonian explorer

Alain Gheerbrant Alain Gheerbrant (27 December 1920 – 21 February 2013) was a French writer, editor, poet and explorer, noted for his expedition in the basins of Amazonian rivers. Career Alain Gheerbrant was the first avant-garde publisher, founder of the p ...

, devoted to the symbolism of myths, dreams, habits, gestures, shapes, figures, colors and numbers found in mythology and folklore. It contains over 1,600 articles and has seen nineteen reprints between 1982 and 1997. It has been republished on a worldwide basis by

Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.1906 births 1993 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers French non-fiction writers 20th-century French Catholic theologians UNESCO officials 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers French officials of the United Nations