Jean Chevalier

For the Canadian figure skater, see Jeanne Chevalier

Jean Chevalier (1906–1993) was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian,[1][2] best known for his co-authorship of the Dictionnaire des symboles (Dictionary of Symbols), first printed in 1969[3][4] by publisher Éditions Robert Laffont.[5][6]

Dictionary of Symbols is an encyclopedic work of cultural anthropology, co-written with the French poet and Amazonian explorer Alain Gheerbrant, 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 been nineteen reprints between 1982 and 1997, republished on worldwide basis by Penguin Books[7] and others.

Up to 1964, Chevalier worked at UNESCO as Director of the Bureau of Relations for Member States[8] before resigning to pursue writing and research.

Works

References

  1. ^ François Giroux, La figure de l'écrivain chez France Daigle, 2006. Faculté des arts et des sciences socilaes – Université de Moncton. P. 100.
  2. ^ Jacob Peter Mayer, Political thought in France, 1980, page xi. Ayer Co Pub. ISBN 0405117183.
  3. ^ State University of New York College at Fredonia. Dept. of Foreign Languages, Project Muse, Nineteenth-century French studies, Volumes 5–6, 1977. Dept. of Foreign Languages, State University College/University of California. P. 240.
  4. ^ Société d'études philosophiques de Marseille, Les Études philosophiques, Volume 27, 1972. Presses universitaires de France. p 78.
  5. ^ Laurence M. Porter, The literary dream in French romanticism, 1979. Wayne State University Press/University of Michigan. P.204. ISBN 0814316271.
  6. ^ Jean Chevalier, Dictionnaire des symboles, 1982. Éd. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-50319-8.
  7. ^ Penguinbooks, Biography of Jean Chevalier. Acessed 2010.
  8. ^ Unesco, Unesco chronicle, Volume 8, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 1962 – Political Science/University of Michigan.