Jean Bollack
French philosopher and philologist

Jean Bollack

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French philosopher and philologist
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France
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Birth:
15 March 1923(Strasbourg, Unterelsaß, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire)
Death:
4 December 2012(Paris, Île-de-France, France)
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Mayotte Bollack
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Jean Bollack (15 March 1923 – 4 December 2012) was a French philosopher, philologist and literary critic.

Biography

He first studied classical philology at the University of Basel, among others with Peter von der Mühll (de) and Albert Béguin, and from 1945 at the University of Paris where he began working under the direction of Hellenist Pierre Chantraine.

He then established in Lille the "Centre de recherche philologique" he ran for years and to which his friend Heinz Wismann (fr) participated. According to Barbara Cassin, his philological work is remarkable for its "extraordinary textual vigilance".

In addition to his work as Hellenist with his wife and collaborator Mayotte Bollack, he has published studies on the poetry of Paul Celan, author of which he remains one of the most penetrating commentators.

Publications

  • Empédocle 1 : introduction à l'ancienne physique, Paris, Minuit, coll. "Le sens commun", 1965, (rééd. des 3 volumes) coll. « Tel » Gallimard.
  • Empédocle 2 : «Les Origines», edition and translation of fragments and testimonies, Paris, Minuit, coll. "Le sens commun", 1969.
  • Empédocle 3 : «Les Origines», comments, Paris, Minuit, coll. "Le sens commun", 1969.
  • Héraclite ou la séparation, in collaboration with Heinz Wismann, Paris, Minuit, coll. "Le sens commun", 1972. [Reference book]
  • La Pensée du plaisir. Epicure : textes moraux, commentaire, Paris, Minuit, 1975.
  • La Grèce de personne : les mots sous le mythe, Paris, Seuil, coll. "L'ordre philosophique", 1997.
  • Euripides, Iphigénie à Aulis, transl. in coll. with Mayotte Bollack, Paris, Minuit, 1990.
  • Pierre de cœur, (unpublished poem by Paul Celan), Pierre Fanlac Éditeur, 1991.
  • Euripides, Andromaque, transl. in coll. with Mayotte Bollack, Paris, Minuit, 1994.
  • La naissance d’Œdipe, (translation and comment of Œdipus Rex), Gallimard, 1995.
  • Euripides, Hélène, transl. in coll. with Mayotte Bollack, Paris, Minuit, 1997.
  • Sophocles, Antigone, trans. in coll. with Mayotte Bollack, Paris, Minuit, 1999.
  • Sens contre sens. Comment lit-on? Interview with Patrick Llored. La Passe du vent, 2000.
  • Poésie contre poésie (Celan et la littérature), PUF, "Perspectives germaniques", 2001.
  • Piedra de corazón. Un poema póstumo de Paul Celan. With the help of Arnau Pons. Madrid, Arena Libros, 2002.
  • L'écrit. Une poétique dans l'œuvre de Celan, PUF, "Perspectives germaniques", 2003.
  • Euripides, Les Bacchantes, transl. in coll. with Mayotte Bollack, Paris, Minuit, 2004.
  • Poesía contra poesía. Celan y la literatura. With the help of Arnau Pons. Madrid. Trotta, 2005.
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