Jon Pult (Romanist)
Jon Pult (born August 3, 1911 in St. Gallen ; † October 31, 1991 in Sent ) was a Romance philologist and linguist and cultural politician involved in the Rumantschia in the canton of Graubünden . He published mainly in Vallader .
Life
Pult was the son of Chasper Pult and Lola, nee Küng. Growing up in Sent in the Lower Engadine , he studied Romance studies in Zurich , Geneva and Paris , graduated with a teaching diploma and received his doctorate in 1947 with a thesis on "The designation for glaciers and avalanches in the Alps".
Pult taught at the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz , at the Samedan Evangelical College (today's Academia Engiadina ), at the Bündner Kantonsschule and at the Chur teachers' seminar , the forerunner of the Graubünden University of Education .
Pult worked for 30 years as one of the founders at Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha . He also presided over the Uniun dals Grischs , the language association of the Ladin-speaking valleys. He served the Lia Rumantscha as secretary.
He maintained extensive correspondence a. a. with Cla Biert , Luisa Famos and Tista Murk .
Works
- Societad Retorumantscha (ed.): Jon Pult - Pleds e scrits / speeches and writings. Chur 2011
literature
- Fadrina Hofmann: What Jon Pult had to say is still relevant today. In: Die Südostschweiz, August 5, 2011, p. 5
Web links
- Literature by and about Jon Pult in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Jon Pult in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Jon Pult on sent-online (Romansh in the idiom Vallader and German)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desk, Jon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Romance studies and language politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1991 |
| Place of death | Sent |