Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h
{{Short description|French philologist}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|18|df=yes}}
| discipline = Celtic studies
| education =
| image = Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h.webp
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| citizenship = French
| occupation = Philologist, linguist
| workplaces = Rennes 2 University
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|1|9|1926|10|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Auray, Brittany
| partner = Françoise Le Roux
| death_place = Guilers, Brittany
}}Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h (18 October 1926, Auray – 9 January 2012, Guilers) was a French philologist and linguist who specialised in Celtic studies.
Biography
Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h was born on 18 October 1926 in Auray, Brittany (France), and grew up in a French-Breton bilingual environment. Along with his wife, {{Ill|Françoise Le Roux|lt=Françoise Le Roux|fr}} (1927–2004), he wrote numerous works on Celtic studies, including {{lang|fr|Les Druides}} ('The Druids', 1986), {{lang|fr|La Civilisation celtique}} ('Celtic Civilization', 1990), {{lang|fr|La Société celtique}} ('Celtic Society', 1991), {{lang|fr|Les Fêtes celtiques}} ('Celtic Festivals', 1995), and {{lang|fr|Les Royaumes Celtiques}} ('The Celtic Kingdoms', 2001). Georges Dumézil directed Le Roux's first studies and was president of the jury at Guyonvarc'h's doctorate thesis in 1980.{{sfn|Plourin|2013}}{{Cite web |date=2012-01-20 |title=Etudes celtiques. Décès du spécialiste Christian J. Guyonvarc'h |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/local/morbihan/vannes-auray/auray/etudes-celtiques-deces-du-specialiste-christian-j-guyonvarc-h-20-01-2012-1572180.php |website=Le Telegramme}}
Guyonvarc'h taught Old Irish and Breton at Rennes 2 University. He died on 9 January 2012 in Guilers.{{sfn|Plourin|2013}}
Guyonvarc'h could speak Breton, Welsh, and Irish (in their modern and historical stages), as well as modern French, German, Dutch, English.{{sfn|Plourin|2013}} From 1979 to 1981, he was a member the patronage committee of {{lang|fr|Nouvelle École}}, the annual magazine of the ethno-nationalist think tank, GRECE.{{Sfn|Duranton-Crabol|1988|p=256}}
Works
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- Dictionnaire étymologique du Breton ancien, moyen et moderne, Rennes, 1973
- Textes Mythologiques Irlandais, Rennes, Ogam-Celticum, n° 11/1 & 2, 1978
- Morrigan-Bodb-Macha : la souveraineté guerrière de l'Irlande (1983)
- Aux origines du breton : Le glossaire vannetais du Chevalier Arnold von Harff, voyageur allemand du XVe, Ogam-Celticum, 1984, {{ISBN|2902761031}}, study realized by Christian J. Guyonvarc'h
- Les Druides, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, coll. « De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire », Rennes, 1986 {{ISBN|2-85882-920-9}}
- La Civilisation celtique, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire, Rennes, 1990 {{ISBN|2-7373-0297-8}}
- La Société celtique, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire, Rennes, 1991, {{ISBN|2-7373-0902-6}}
- La razzia des vaches de Cooley (translation of the Táin Bó Cúailnge), Éditions Gallimard, 1994, {{ISBN|2070738981}}
- Les Fêtes celtiques, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire, Rennes, 1995 {{ISBN|978-2-7373-1198-7}}
- Magie, médecine et divination chez les Celtes, Bibliothèque scientifique Payot, Paris, 1997 {{ISBN|2-228-89112-6}}
- Le Dialogue des deux Sages, Bibliothèque scientifique Payot, Paris, 1999, {{ISBN|2-228-89214-9}}
- La légende de la ville d'Is, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, cseries De mémoire d'homme : l'histoire, Rennes, 2000 {{ISBN|2-7373-1413-5}}
- Les Royaumes Celtiques (2001)
- Le Catholicon, reprint of the Jehan Calvez edition owned by the city of Rennes (5 November 1499), éditions Ogam, Rennes, 1975, reprinted by éditions Armeline, Brest, 2005
- Le Sacrifice dans la tradition celtique, éditions Armeline, Brest, 2005, {{ISBN|2-910878-31-7}}
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References
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=Bibliography=
- {{Cite book|last=Duranton-Crabol|first=Anne-Marie|title=Visages de la Nouvelle droite: le GRECE et son histoire|date=1988|publisher=Presses de Sciences Po|isbn=978-2-7246-0561-7}}
- {{Cite web |last=Plourin |first=Jean-Yves |date=2013 |title=Guyonvarc'h Christian-Joseph (1926-2012) |url=https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/christian-joseph-guyonvarc-h/ |website=Encyclopædia Universalis}}
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Category:French lexicographers
Category:Breton-language writers
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