Louis Frolla (1904-1978) was a
clergyman
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and writer in
Monégasque, the national language of the Principality of
Monaco
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.
Lexicographical writings
He was notably the author of a Monégasque
Grammar
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(1960) through the medium of French and a Monégasque-French Dictionary (1963). These works were much later reissued by the
Comité National des Traditions Monégasques (Louis Frolla, ''Grammaire Monégasque'', Imprimerie Nationalede Monaco, S.A., ''Réédité par le'' Comité National des Traditions Monégasques, Imprimerie Testa Monaco, 1998; Louis Frolla, ''Dictionnaire Monégasque-Français'', Ministère d'Etat, Département de l'Intérieur, Principauté de Monaco, ''Réédité par le'' Comité National des Traditions Monégasques.)
A
French-Monégasque Dictionary, by
Louis Barral and
Suzanne Simone, complementing Frolla's edition, was issued in 1983.
Legacy
Frolla was thus one of the writers who significantly contributed to a renaissance of the language — particularly patronized by the late
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest-ruling m ...
(reigned 1949-2005). In the 20th century, Monégasque had been threatened with extinction.
Other writings
Frolla was also the author of a work on the history of philosophy (Louis Frolla, ''La Pensée philosophique à travers les ages'', Editions du Mont-Blanc, Paris, 1949).
See also
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Lexicographers
Monegasque writers
Monegasque poets
1904 births
1978 deaths
20th-century lexicographers
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