Trương Vĩnh Ký
Pétrus Jean Baptiste Trương Vĩnh Ký (born December 6, 1837 in Vĩnh Long , Vietnam , † September 1, 1898 in Saigon , Vietnam) was a Vietnamese writer, scientist, journalist and translator. He wrote over 100 works in geography, history, literature, wrote several dictionaries, including the first French-Vietnamese dictionaries, translated many books from the old Vietnamese script chữ Nôm into the current Vietnamese script Quốc ngữ . For his work he was awarded by the French Academyand other committees highly honored and honored ( Officer D'Académie, Légion d'Honneur, etc.).
Publications
- Abrégé de grammaire annamite
- Kim Vân Kiều, 1875 (first translation into today's Vietnamese script)
- Petit cours de geographie de la Basse-Cochichine
- Cours de langue annamite
- Voyage au Tonkin en 1876
- Guide de la conversation annamite
- Phép lịch sự An Nam, Les convenances et les civilités annamites
- Cours de la langue mandarine ou des caractères chinois
- Cours d'histoire annamite
- Cours de littérature annamite, 1891.
- Cours de geographie générale de l'Indochine
- Grand Dictionnaire Annamite Francaise
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trương Vĩnh Ký |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trương Vĩnh Ký, Pétrus Jean Baptiste (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese writer, scientist, journalist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vĩnh Long , Vietnam |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1898 |
| Place of death | Saigon , Vietnam |