Jean-Baptiste Cerlogne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Baptiste Cerlogne

Italian poet and linguist

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1826

Place of Birth: Saint-Nicolas, Aosta Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1910

Profession: poet, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jean-Baptiste Cerlogne

  • Jean-Baptiste Cerlogne (6 March 1826 - 7 October 1910) was a poet-priest and scholar of the Valdôtain dialect of Franco-Provençal.
  • He is celebrated as a pioneer of Franco-Provençal grammar and lexicography, identifying a vocabulary for a set of dialects that had hitherto very largely been transmitted only orally.
  • He is also considered the principal poet of the Aosta Valley, where he lived for most of his life, being a Savoyard in his youth before becoming an Italian.

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