Pierre Bec

French linguist, romanist and germanist (1921-2014).

Born December 11th, 1921 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Died June 30th, 2014 at 92 years old in Poitiers.

Occupations
German teacher, germanist, linguist, medievalist, novelist, philologist, poet, romanist, university teacher, writer
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