Gaston Waringhien
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.
Gaston Waringhien
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- Born
- 20 July 1901
- Birthplace
- Lille
- Died
- 20 December 1991
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- Linguist, writer, Esperantist, and lexicographer
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Plena Vortaro · Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto
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• Born — 20 July 1901 • Birthplace — Lille • Died — 20 December 1991 • Place of death — Paris • Citizenship — * French • Occupation — Linguist, writer, Esperantist, and lexicographer
Documentary record
Gaston Waringhien lived from 29 July 1901 to 20 December 1991 and was a philologist, linguist and “Esperantist”. Gaston Waringhien was born on 29 July 1901 in Lille. Gaston Waringhien died on 20 December 1991 in Paris.
Other works
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)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the names Arieh ben Guni, Georges E. Maŭra and Georgo Peterido Peneter. His recorded languages were Esperanto and French. He was the child of Arthur Waringhien and Élise Sophie Waringhien. He married Andrée Delebarre-Waringhien.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1901
Gaston Waringhien was born in 1901.
1991
Gaston Waringhien died at 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Books
• Plena Vortaro (1930) • Plena Ilustrita Vortaro (1970)
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reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q12622: Gaston Waringhien
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scholarly publication
- THE TRANSLATION OF FRENCH POETRY INTO ESPERANTO:THE WORK OF GASTON WARINGHIEN, French Studies, 1983
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1983
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scholarly publication
THE TRANSLATION OF FRENCH POETRY INTO ESPERANTO:THE WORK OF GASTON WARINGHIEN, French Studies, 1983Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q12622: Gaston WaringhienWikimedia Foundation
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Gaston Waringhien worked in Esperanto, esperantology, lexicology, translating activity and poetry. Recorded position is president of the Academy of Esperanto. He belonged to Academy of Esperanto.
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