Arsène Roux (February 5, 1893 in Rochegude – July 19, 1971) was a French Arabist and Berberologist. He was born in Rochegude and emigrated to Morocco (then occupied by France) in his early twenties where he started studying Classical Arabic, Moroccan Arabic and the Moroccan Berber languages. In the following years, he worked in various schools and universities as a professor and director; he also founded and presided over the Collège Berbère d'Azrou.
During his time in Morocco he collected and studied an enormous amount of Shilha and Central Atlas Tamazight texts and manuscripts with the help of his Berber assistant Si Ibrahim al-Kunki (b. 1905). Some of these texts were published by himself in Rabat for use in his Shilha Berber courses (e.g. Roux 1942); the majority however was taken to France upon his return there in the middle of the 1950s, where he continued his studies and he set out to correct, index and translate his collection of texts. Somehow, nothing of his extensive scholarly work actually saw publication except for a two-page summary of a lecture (Roux, 1948). He also worked together with the egyptologist Bruno Stricker on an edition and translation of Baḥr ad-dumu (Ocean of Tears), by Muḥammad Awzal, which was published in 1960.
After his death in 1971 his descendants donated his library to the Institut de Recherches méditerranéennes in Aix-en-Provence, where the Fonds Arsène Roux is still administered today. It contains more than two hundred Sous Berber manuscript texts, some Arabic manuscripts and an extensive collection of riddles, proverbs, tales, and religious legends written down by Roux himself. A catalogue of the Arabic and Berber manuscripts has been prepared by van den Boogert (1995), while the other texts have been indexed in Stroomer & Peyron (2003).
Bibliography and referencesedit
Boogert, N. van den (1995). Catalogue des manuscrits arabes et berbères du Fonds Roux: Travaux et documents de l'Iremam, 18. Aix-en-Provence: Iremam.
Boogert, Nico van den (1997). Berber Literary Tradition of the Sous — with an edition and translation of 'The Ocean of Tears' by Muḥammad Awzal (d. 1749). (De Goeje Fund, Vol. XXVII) Leiden: NINO.
Roux, Arsène (1942). Récits, contes et légendes berbères en Tachelhiyt. Rabat: ?.
Roux, Arsène (1949). "Quelques manuscrits berbères en caractères arabes". Actes du XXIème Congrès International des Orientalistes (Paris 1948). Paris: Société Asiatique: 316–317.
Roux, Arsène (1955). La vie berbère par les textes. Parlers du Sud-Ouest marocain (tachelhit). Première partie : la vie matérielle. I. Textes. Paris: ?.
Roux, Arsène (1990). A. Bounfour (ed.). La poésie berbère populaire. Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Stroomer, Harry (2003). A Linguistic Reanalysis of "Récits, contes et légendes berbères en Tachelhiyt" by Arsène Roux with a Translation in English. Berber Studies vol. 5. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
Arsène Roux and Michael Peyron, Poésies berbères de l’époque héroïque, Maroc central (1908–1932), Aix-en-Provence: Edisud 2002
Stroomer, Harry; Peyron, Michael (2003). Catalogue des archives berbères du "Fonds Arsène Roux". Berber Studies. Vol. 6. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
External linksedit
Arsène Roux at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalogue records (earliest 1990)
May 09, 2024
arsène, roux, february, 1893, rochegude, july, 1971, french, arabist, berberologist, born, rochegude, emigrated, morocco, then, occupied, france, early, twenties, where, started, studying, classical, arabic, moroccan, arabic, moroccan, berber, languages, follo. Arsene Roux February 5 1893 in Rochegude July 19 1971 was a French Arabist and Berberologist He was born in Rochegude and emigrated to Morocco then occupied by France in his early twenties where he started studying Classical Arabic Moroccan Arabic and the Moroccan Berber languages In the following years he worked in various schools and universities as a professor and director he also founded and presided over the College Berbere d Azrou During his time in Morocco he collected and studied an enormous amount of Shilha and Central Atlas Tamazight texts and manuscripts with the help of his Berber assistant Si Ibrahim al Kunki b 1905 Some of these texts were published by himself in Rabat for use in his Shilha Berber courses e g Roux 1942 the majority however was taken to France upon his return there in the middle of the 1950s where he continued his studies and he set out to correct index and translate his collection of texts Somehow nothing of his extensive scholarly work actually saw publication except for a two page summary of a lecture Roux 1948 He also worked together with the egyptologist Bruno Stricker on an edition and translation of Baḥr ad dumu Ocean of Tears by Muḥammad Awzal which was published in 1960 After his death in 1971 his descendants donated his library to the Institut de Recherches mediterraneennes in Aix en Provence where the Fonds Arsene Roux is still administered today It contains more than two hundred Sous Berber manuscript texts some Arabic manuscripts and an extensive collection of riddles proverbs tales and religious legends written down by Roux himself A catalogue of the Arabic and Berber manuscripts has been prepared by van den Boogert 1995 while the other texts have been indexed in Stroomer amp Peyron 2003 Bibliography and references editBoogert N van den 1995 Catalogue des manuscrits arabes et berberes du Fonds Roux Travaux et documents de l Iremam 18 Aix en Provence Iremam Boogert Nico van den 1997 Berber Literary Tradition of the Sous with an edition and translation of The Ocean of Tears by Muḥammad Awzal d 1749 De Goeje Fund Vol XXVII Leiden NINO Roux Arsene 1942 Recits contes et legendes berberes en Tachelhiyt Rabat Roux Arsene 1949 Quelques manuscrits berberes en caracteres arabes Actes du XXIeme Congres International des Orientalistes Paris 1948 Paris Societe Asiatique 316 317 Roux Arsene 1955 La vie berbere par les textes Parlers du Sud Ouest marocain tachelhit Premiere partie la vie materielle I Textes Paris Roux Arsene 1990 A Bounfour ed La poesie berbere populaire Paris a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Stroomer Harry 2003 A Linguistic Reanalysis of Recits contes et legendes berberes en Tachelhiyt by Arsene Roux with a Translation in English Berber Studies vol 5 Koln Rudiger Koppe Arsene Roux and Michael Peyron Poesies berberes de l epoque heroique Maroc central 1908 1932 Aix en Provence Edisud 2002 Stroomer Harry Peyron Michael 2003 Catalogue des archives berberes du Fonds Arsene Roux Berber Studies Vol 6 Koln Rudiger Koppe External links editArsene Roux at Library of Congress with 4 library catalogue records earliest 1990 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arsene Roux amp oldid 1132606509, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
