Robert Jammes (26 April 1927 – 12 October 2020) was a French linguist, specializing in the
Spanish language
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.
Biography
Born in 1927, Jammes studied at the
École normale supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
in
Paris
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, where he earned an
agrégation
In France, the ''agrégation'' () is a competitive examination for civil service in the French public education system. Candidates for the examination, or ''agrégatifs'', become ''agrégés'' once they are admitted to the position of ''professe ...
in Spanish. He first taught at the Lycée de Carcassonne from 1951 to 1953, then as a teaching assistant at the
University of Montpellier from 1953 to 1958. He was a teaching officer at
Grenoble Alpes University from 1957 to 1962 before working for the
French National Centre for Scientific Research from 1962 to 1965. Most notably, he was a professor at the
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès (french: Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, formerly known as ''Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail'', also called Toulouse II) is a French public university located in Toulouse, France. It is one of the 3 success ...
from 1965 until his retirement in 1987.
Relative to his teaching, Jammes dedicated his research to the
Spanish Golden Age
The Spanish Golden Age ( es, Siglo de Oro, links=no , "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish H ...
and the works of Spanish poet
Luis de GĂłngora. With the help of his colleagues in
Toulouse
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, he was able to organize a research group dedicated to the Spanish Golden Age, which launched the journal ''CriticĂłn'', which continues to this day. In addition to his teaching career, he has also served as a judge in multiple university competitions.
Robert Jammes died in
Villefranche-de-Lauragais
Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Languedocien: ''Vilafranca de Lauragués'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Villefranche-de-Lauragais station
Villefranche-de-Lauragais station (French: ''Gare de Villefranche-de- ...
on 12 October 2020 at the age of 93.
Publications
*''Études sur l’œuvre poétique de don Luis de Góngora y Argote'' (1967)
*''RĂ©trogongorisme'' (1978)
*''Poesia erĂłtica del Siglo de Oro'' (1984)
*''Anuario aureo'' (1985)
*''Vingt-six versions espagnoles traduites et commentées'' (1987)
*''Une autre Espagne du Siècle d'Or'' (1988)
*''Glosario de voces anotadas en los 100 primeros volumenes'' (1993)
*''Histoire de la littérature espagnole d'expression castillane'' (1994)
*''Vocabulario de refranes y frases proverbiales (1627). Edition de
Louis Combet (1967), revue et modernisée par Robert Jammes et Maité Mir-Andreu'' (2000)
*''Comprendre Góngora. Anthologie bilingue présentée et traduite par Robert Jammes'' (2009)
References
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1927 births
2020 deaths
Linguists from France