Jean Boutière

Who was Jean Boutière?

Jean Boutière was a French philologist, specialist in Romance philology. Was born in Mallemort, Bouches-du-Rhône in France.

Fascinated by the lives and creations of writer Ion Creangă and the instigation of Mario Roques, professor at the Sorbonne, has made the work "La vie et l'oeuvre de Ion Creangă", in translation "The Life of Ion Creangă", acribios study, his doctorate from the Sorbonne, which he initiated in 1924 and a doctoral thesis argues on 24 May 1930.

It was also during the interwar period that Jean Boutière published the first-ever French-language monograph on the Romanian writer, originally as a Doctor of Philosophy thesis for the University of Paris. During the thesis work, corresponded with George T. Kirileanu, Arthur Gorovei, D. Furtună, Garabet Ibrăileanu, which have supported the documentary. Jean Boutière was head of the department of the Romanian and then of the Provençal of the Sorbonne. His works were translated into Romanian by Daniel Corbu.