Pêr Denez

Pierre Denis,^[1] known also as Pêr Denez (3 February 1921 – 30 July 2011), was a French linguist, lexicographer, scholar and writer.^[2]

Denis was born in Rennes. Thanks to his contributions in the form of novels, essays and linguistics, he contributed to the preservation of the written Breton language.^[1] 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, ISBN 978-2-86863-068-1
• 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, 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 ISBN 2-910699-11-0
• 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, ISBN 2-913953-01-8

References

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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ouest France Dimanche, 31 juillet 2011, nécrologie de Pêr Denez, p. 4.
2. ↑ Pierre Denis alias Pêr Denez n’est plus, ouest-france.fr, le 30 juillet 2011,