Roger Georges Morvan
Roger Georges Morvan (1927–1993) was a French encyclopedist, lexicographer, and poet.
Career
[edit]Earlier in his career, Morvan worked with Paul Robert, the creator of the Dictionnaire Robert and the Collins-Robert French Dictionary.[1][2]
Morvan founded and directed L'Encyclopédie Internationale des Sciences et des Techniques, a ten-volume encyclopedia containing over 3,500 entries contributed by approximately 800 scientists, including French Nobel laureates.[1][2]
In 1985, Morvan published Le Petit Retz Morvan, a dictionary of affixes and roots.[1][2]
Morvan recorded his poetry with French actor Michel Bouquet, resulting in two cassettes titled Chants.[1] He also worked with his wife, Christine Morvan-Hanf, on developing the "Method Morvan," a system designed to make the French language more accessible to adult English speakers by utilizing similarities between the two languages' vocabularies.[1][2]
Recognition
[edit]- 1975: Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Service, New York Times News (May 31, 1993). "FRENCH ENCYCLOPEDIST ROGER GEORGES MORVAN".
- ^ a b c d https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/29/obituaries/roger-g-morvan-66-french-encyclopedist.html
- ^ "Roger-Georges MORVAN | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr.
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