Pierre Denis, known also as Pêr Denez (3 February 1921 â 30 July 2011), was a French linguist, lexicographer, scholar and writer.
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. 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)
- ÃÂtude 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 âÂÂContes Bretonsâ 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