Philippe Marçais (16 March 1910 – 31 May 1984) was a French

Arabist An Arabist is someone, often but not always from outside the Arab world, who specialises in the study of the Arabic language and Arab culture, culture (usually including Arabic literature). Origins Arabists began in Al Andalus, medieval Muslim ...

and politician. A director of the from 1938 to 1945, he was dean of the Faculté des Lettres d'Alger and député of

French Algeria French Algeria ( until 1839, then afterwards; unofficially ; ), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of History of Algeria, Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted until ...

from 1958 to 1962. The Arabist William Marçais was his father.

Works

*1952
''Le parler arabe de Djidjelli (Nord constantinois, Algérie)''
Paris, Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Publications de l'Institut d'Études Orientales d'Alger. *1954: ''Textes arabes de Djidjelli'', text, transcription and translation, Paris,

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. *1977: ''Esquisse grammaticale de l'arabe maghrébin'', Paris, Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient. *1977: ''Textes d'arabe maghrébin'', with MS.S Hamrouni, Paris, Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient. *2001: ''Textes arabes du Fezzân'', text and translation, Paris, Droz.

External links

Philippe Marçais
on data.bnf.fr
Philippe Marçais (1910 – 1984)
on the site of the University of Liège
Philippe Marçais
on the site of the Assemblée Nationale

on Biblio Monde
Extrait des ''Textes arabes de Djidjelli'' de G Marçais
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcais, Philippe 1910 births 1984 deaths Politicians from Algiers People of French Algeria Pieds-noirs Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for French Algeria French Arabists Jean-Marie Le Pen French orientalists French military personnel of World War II Members of the Organisation armée secrète Knights of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques