Maurice Grevisse
Maurice Grevisse [ mɔˌʁis ɡʁeˈvis ] (although the <e> has no accent, it is pronounced as if there was an acute acute there ) (* October 7, 1895 in Rulles , Province of Luxembourg ; † July 4, 1980 in La Louvière , Hainaut ) was a Belgian grammarian .
Life
Grevisse attended the normal school of Carlsbourg , where he received the teaching diploma in 1915. Then he moved to the normal school of Malonne and became a teacher of literature . He later became a French teacher at the École des Pupilles of the army in Marneffe . During this time he taught himself Latin and Greek . He later studied classical philology at the University of Liège . In 1925 he became a "Doctor of Classical Philology". In 1927 he became a professor at the École Royale des Cadets in Namur . In 1957 he retired.
Grevisse noticed that the grammar textbooks of the time did not meet his teaching requirements. So he collected his notes and summarized them in the manuscript of Le Bon Usage .
Many renowned publishers rejected this manuscript; In the end it was published by an unpretentious publisher from Gembloux in 1936. Duculot was founded and the work continued to be a success during World War II. André Gide , who wrote for Figaro , praised it as the best grammar book.
In 1971 Grevisse became an officer of the Legion of Honor . From 1967 until his death he sat on the International Committee for the French Language. His son-in-law André Goosse , also a grammarian, continued to revise Le Bon Usage , of which there are currently 16 editions.
bibliography
- Le Bon Usage , Gembloux 1936 (2nd edition 1939; 3rd edition 1946; 4th edition 1949; 5th edition 1953; 6th edition 1955; 7th edition 1961; 8th edition 1964; 9th edition 1969; 10th edition 1975; 11th edition 1980; 12th edition 1986, edited by André Goosse; also 13th edition 1993, 14th edition 2007, 15th edition 2011 and 16 edition 2016)
- Précis de grammaire française , Gembloux 1939 (32nd edition ud T. Le petit Grevisse. Grammaire française, Brussels 2009)
- Problèmes de langage [collection of language chronicles], 5 vols., Gembloux / Paris 1961–1970
- Le Français correct (1973)
- Savoir accorder le participe passé (1975)
- Source preposition? (1977)
- La force de l'orthographe. 300 dictées progressives commentées , Paris / Louvain-la-Neuve 1989, 1996
literature
- Maria Lieber, Maurice Grevisse and French grammar. On the history of a phenomenon, Bonn 1986
Web links
- Bibliographic information on the 13th edition of Le Bon Usage (French)
- Information about the 14th edition of Le Bon Usage (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grevisse, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rulles , Luxembourg Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1980 |
| Place of death | La Louvière , Hainaut |