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André Guimbretière

1923 – 2014

French poet

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Lived 1923 – 2014 (aged 91). André Guimbretière was a French poet, professor, translator and indologist.

André Guimbretière (1923–2014) was a French Indologist, professor of languages of Inda (Hindi, Urdu) at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales of which he was president from 1969 to 1971.

He was a specialist of Muhammad Iqbal.

Publications Related to the Indian world Le Problème du Cachemire, Orient, 1966 Wilfred Cantwell Smith, (1916–2000), L'Islam dans le monde moderne [Islam in modern history], préface et traduction d'André Guimbretière, Éditions Payot, 1962 Personnalisme théocentrique et vision motrice de la beauté chez Muhammad Iqbal : contribution à l'étude de « Wahdat al-Shuhud » Muhammad Iqbal, « La mosquée de Cordoue » (translated by André Guimbretière and Mohd. Hasan Askari), in Esprit, 1958 Le Pakistan depuis la « Révolution pacifique » d´octobre 1958, Orient, vol. 34 Histoire de l'Inde by Pierre Meile, 2nd edition updated by and André Guimbretière, Presses universitaires de France, coll. Que sais-je ?, n° 489

Related to poetry 1949: Sans tambour... ni trompette, Regain, (preface by Luc Estang) 1953: Soleils, dieux amers, Imprimerie des poètes 1955: Concerto pour chanson et poésie, Delfica 1960: Le Passager de l'aube, , 1963: , Poèmes choisis (French version by , preface by André Guimbretière, Éditions Nguyen Khang, Sai Gon 1963: Aurore première, , La Rochelle 1966: Choix de textes de , présentation by André Guimbretière, , (Poètes d'aujourd'hui, n° 157) (1917–1980), Le Sang des nuits, postface by André Guimbretière, Seghers, 1966 1973: Approche de l'espace vertiginal. À propos de « Traverser l'interdit » de Lucienne Hoyaux, Ottignies (Belgium)

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French poet (1923-2014)

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André Guimbretière was born on 8 July 1923 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.

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André Guimbretière died on 18 November 2014 in Gujan-Mestras.

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André Guimbretière was a poet, professor, translator and indologist.

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André Guimbretière was French.

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· Wikipedia: André Guimbretière

· Wikidata: Q2847903

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