Gaston Waringhien
French linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist
About Gaston Waringhien
Lived 1901 – 1991 (aged 90). Gaston Waringhien was a French lexicographer, linguist, poet, esperantist, historian and translator.
Gaston Waringhien (July 20, 1901 – December 20, 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics. He was chairman of the Akademio de Esperanto.
Books Plena Vortaro (1930) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro (1970)
Other works Parnasa gvidlibro (with Kálmán Kalocsay, 1932) Kontribuo al poemkolekto Dekdu Poetoj, 1934 Plena (analiza) gramatiko (with Kálmán Kalocsay, 1935, 1938, 1981) Facilaj esperantaj legajhoj (redaction, 1935) Maximes de La Rochefoucauld (translation, 1935) Leteroj de L.L.Zamenhof (redaction, 1948) Poemoj de Omar Kajam (translation, 1953) Eseoj I: Beletro (1956) La floroj de l' malbono ("Les fleurs du mal" (The flowers of evil) by Charles Baudelaire, translator and redactor, 1957) Kantoj kaj romancoj (translation with Kálmán Kalocsay) La trofeoj (translation 1977) Tra la parko de la franca poezio: La renesanca periodo / La klasika periodo (translations, 1977/1980) La ĥimeroj (translations, 1976) Lingvo kaj vivo (essays, 1969) Ni kaj ĝi (essays, 1972) 1887 kaj la sekvo (essays, 1980) Kaj la ceter' - nur literaturo (essays, 1983) Duonvoĉe (original poems, 1939 and 1963)
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French linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (1901–1991)
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Gaston Waringhien was born on 20 July 1901 in Lille.
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Gaston Waringhien died on 20 December 1991 in 13th arrondissement of Paris, Paris.
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Gaston Waringhien was a lexicographer, linguist, poet, esperantist, historian and translator.
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Gaston Waringhien was French.
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