Jean Fourquet
Jean Philippe Fourquet (born June 23, 1899 - September 18, 2001 ) was a French German studies scholar .
In 1969 he received the Brothers Grimm Prize from the Philipps University of Marburg and in 1973 the Konrad Duden Prize from the city of Mannheim for his work on the German language in France. In 1983 he received the Friedrich Gundolf Prize for imparting German culture in France.
Fourquet was one of the signatories of the joint declaration of linguists and literary scholars on the spelling reform from 1998, in which around 550 professors from Germany and abroad demanded that the reform be withdrawn. He has published a lot on German literature of the Middle Ages .
Publications
- 1969: The development of the New High German verb system . In: Ulrich Engel, Paul Grebe, Heinz Rupp (eds.): Festschrift for Hugo Moser for his 60th birthday .
- 1970: Prolegomena on a German grammar . Pedagogical publishing house Schwann, Düsseldorf ( language of the present, volume 7).
- 1974: The German language in France . Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim, ISBN 3-411-01046-0 ( Duden contributions, issue 41).
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Fourquet in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fourquet, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fourquet, Jean Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French German studies specialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1899 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 2001 |