Pêr Denez Explained
Pierre Denis, known also as Pêr Denez (3 February 1921 – 30 July 2011), was a French linguist, lexicographer, scholar and writer.[1]
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.[2] 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, 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
Diverse
- Korf an den Brest, Skridoù Breizh, 1943.
Translations
Bibliography
- Bernard et Jacqueline Le Nail, Dictionnaire des romanciers de Bretagne, rubrique Per Denez, p. 80. Spézet, Keltia Graphic éditions, 1999,
References
- http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Pierre-Denis-alias-Per-Denez-n-est-plus_6346-1891543-fils-tous_filDMA.Htm Pierre Denis alias Pêr Denez n’est plus
- Ouest France Dimanche, 31 juillet 2011, nécrologie de Pêr Denez, p. 4.
