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French folklorist (1841–1919)

Emmanuel Cosquin

Emmanuel Cosquin

Key facts

date of birthJune 25, 1841
date of deathApril 18, 1919
occupationfolklorist, collector of fairy tales
place of birthVitry-le-François
place of deathVitry-le-François
award receivedprix Archon-Despérouses

Emmanuel Cosquin (1841 – 1919) was a French folklorist. He wrote the Popular Tales of Lorraine, in the introduction to which he argues for the theory that the development as well as the origin of such tales is historically traceable to India.

Publications

  • Contes populaires de Lorraine (Paris, 1860) - two volumes
  • Les Contes indiens et l'occident: petites monographies folkloriques à propos de contes Maures. Paris: Édouard Champion. 1922.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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