Pierre Denis, known also as Pêr Denez (3 February 1921 – 30 July 2011), was a French linguist, lexicographer, scholar and writer. Denis was born in

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

. Thanks to his contributions in the form of novels, essays and

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

, he contributed to the preservation of the written

Breton language Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albei ...

.Ouest France Dimanche, 31 juillet 2011, nécrologie de Pêr Denez, p. 4. He died in Romillé.

Publications

Fiction

* ''Glas evel daoulagad c'hlas na oant ket ma re'', Al Liamm 1979, translated in English by Ian Press: ''Blue Like Blue Eyes Which Were Not My Own'', Mouladurioù Hor Yezh 1993, * ''Hiroc'h eo an amzer eget ar vuhez'', Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1981 * ''Evit an eil gwech'', MHY, 1982 * ''Eus un amzer 'zo bet'', MHY, 1992 * ''En tu all d'an douar ha d'an neñv'', MHY, 1993 * ''Kenavo ar c'hentañ er joaioù'', MHY, 1994 * ''An amzer a ra e dro'' 1995 * ''Da Rouz An Noz'', MHY, 1996

Poems

*''P'emañ ar mor o regel...'', Skrid, 1001

Linguistics and language methodology

* ''Kentelioù brezhoneg : eil derez'', Al Liamm, 1971 * ''Brezhoneg buan hag aes'', Omnivox, 1972 (reprinted by Hor Yezh, 1997; English edition tr. and adapted by R. Delaporte, Cork University Press, 1977, 1980) * ''Étude structurale d'un parler breton :

Douarnenez Douarnenez (, ; meaning ''douar'' (land) ''an enez'' (the island) or land of the island), is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, northwestern France. It is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid River, an estua ...

'', thèse (3 vol.), Université de Rennes, 1977 * ''Geriadur brezhoneg Douarnenez'', 4 vol., Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1980, 1981, 1985 * ''Mont war-raok gant ar brezhoneg'', MHY, 1987

Articles and essays

In French * Joseph Ollivier, ''Les contes de Luzel'' (Préface de Per Denez, suivie d'une Postface sur “Contes Bretons” Pur-Terre de Brume, 1994), Hor Yezh, 1995 * ''Bretagne et peuples d'Europe'', MHY, 1999. In Breton * ''Yezh ha bro'', MHY, 1998.

Diverse

* ''Korf an den'' Brest, Skridoù Breizh, 1943.

Translations

* Theodor Storm, ''Aquis submersus'', Al Liamm, 1950

Bibliography

* Bernard et Jacqueline Le Nail, ''Dictionnaire des romanciers de Bretagne'', rubrique ''Per Denez'', p. 80. Spézet, Keltia Graphic éditions, 1999,

References

Per Denez: Writer and scholar who sought recognition for the Breton language and culture, The Independent, Friday, 2 September 2011
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