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Pierre Denis,^[1] known also as Pêr Denez (3 February 1921 – 30 July 2011), was a French linguist, lexicographer, scholar and writer.^[2]

Denis was born in Rennes. Thanks to his contributions in the form of novels, essays and linguistics, he contributed to the preservation of the written Breton language.^[1] He died in Romillé.

Publications

Fiction

Glas evel daoulagad c'hlas na oant ket ma re, Al Liamm 1979, translated in English by Ian Press: Blue Like Blue Eyes Which Were Not My Own, Mouladurioù Hor Yezh 1993, ISBN 978-2-86863-068-1
Hiroc'h eo an amzer eget ar vuhez, Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1981
Evit an eil gwech, MHY, 1982
Eus un amzer 'zo bet, MHY, 1992
En tu all d'an douar ha d'an neñv, MHY, 1993
Kenavo ar c'hentañ er joaioù, MHY, 1994
An amzer a ra e dro 1995
Da Rouz An Noz, MHY, 1996

Poems

P'emañ ar mor o regel..., Skrid, 1001

Linguistics and language methodology

Kentelioù brezhoneg : eil derez, Al Liamm, 1971
Brezhoneg buan hag aes, Omnivox, 1972 (reprinted by Hor Yezh, 1997; English edition tr. and adapted by R. Delaporte, Cork University Press, 1977, 1980)
Étude structurale d'un parler breton : Douarnenez, thèse (3 vol.), Université de Rennes, 1977
Geriadur brezhoneg Douarnenez, 4 vol., Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1980, 1981, 1985
Mont war-raok gant ar brezhoneg, MHY, 1987

Articles and essays

In French

Joseph Ollivier, Les contes de Luzel (Préface de Per Denez, suivie d'une Postface sur “Contes Bretons” Pur-Terre de Brume, 1994), Hor Yezh, 1995 ISBN 2-910699-11-0
Bretagne et peuples d'Europe, MHY, 1999.

In Breton

Yezh ha bro, MHY, 1998.

Diverse

Korf an den Brest, Skridoù Breizh, 1943.

Translations

Theodor Storm, Aquis submersus, Al Liamm, 1950

Bibliography

Bernard et Jacqueline Le Nail, Dictionnaire des romanciers de Bretagne, rubrique Per Denez, p. 80. Spézet, Keltia Graphic éditions, 1999, ISBN 2-913953-01-8

References

Per Denez: Writer and scholar who sought recognition for the Breton language and culture, The Independent, Friday, 2 September 2011

^ ^a ^b Ouest France Dimanche, 31 juillet 2011, nécrologie de Pêr Denez, p. 4.
^ Pierre Denis alias Pêr Denez n’est plus, ouest-france.fr, le 30 juillet 2011,^{[dead link‍]}