Jean Dayre
Jean Dayre (* 1892 in Arles , † 1952 in Palermo ) was a French Romanist, Italianist, Croatist and lexicographer.
life and work
Dayre studied Italian and learned Serbo-Croatian . In 1928 he passed the Agrégation d'italien. From 1929 he taught at the Institut français in Florence and, under the influence of Milan Rešetar, increasingly turned scientifically to Croatian. In 1935 he became head of the Institut français in Zagreb . In 1937 he founded the magazine Annales de l'Institut français de Zagreb and published it until 1947. He also translated Croatian literature into French. In 1947 he had to leave Zagreb and was a professor in Palermo until his death.
Works (selection)
- Jérôme Cardan (1501-1576). Esquisse biographique, Grenoble 1928
- (Translator and ed.) Anthologie des conteurs croates 1880-1930, Zagreb 1933
- (Translator from Latin) Gerolamo Cardano , Ma vie, Paris 1936; revised and ed. by Étienne Wolff, Paris 1992
- Dubrovačke studije, Zagreb 1938
- (with Mirko Deanović and Rudolf Maixner) Dictionnaire serbocroate-français / Hrvatskosrpsko-francuski rječnik [Serbo-Croatian-French dictionary], Zagreb 1956 (948 pages); 1996 (960 pages)
literature
- Patrimoine littéraire européen. Index Général, ed. by Jean-Claude Polet, Brussels 2000, p. 353 (biographical note)
- André Vaillant [1890-1977], [obituary], in: Revue des études slaves 29, 1952, pp. 291–292 ( http://dicocroate2.over-blog.com/article-jean-dayre-84680741.html , French)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Dayre in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dayre, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dayre, Jean Emile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romanist, Italianist, Croatianist and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arles |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1952 |
| Place of death | Palermo |