[KS] Daniel Bouchez

[antonetta bruno]

With deep sorrow we have received the news that our esteemed colleague 
and good friend Daniel Bouchez, honorary member of the Association for 
Korean Studies in Europe, has passed away at the age of 85. He came to 
Korean Studies relatively late, after teaching philosophy for thirteen 
years in Korea, but was an active member of AKSE from its very first 
meeting in London in 1977. From 1986 to 1988 he served as AKSE 
President. Because he only turned himself into a Korean Studies scholar 
when he was in his early forties, he decided to concentrate on a 
relatively narrow field, the literary works of Kim Manjung, a strategy 
that proved very productive. He soon established himself as an authority 
on Kim Manjung and proposed innovative ideas, which sometimes challenged 
mainline Korean scholarship. Another major achievement, of wider scope, 
was his adaptation of Cho Dongil's multi-volume history of Korean 
literature through the ages, of which he was the co-author rather than 
just the translator. The book, which easily might have turned into a dry 
enumeration of authors and genres, is remarkable for the consistently 
interesting arguments it presents and the fluency of its style, which 
make it a delight to read. Daniel Bouchez represented the best of 
European Korean Studies scholarship and we count ourselves lucky to have 
had him in our midst. Our thoughts go to his wife and son who have to 
bear this great loss.

AKSE (Association of Korean Studies in Europe)
Antonetta L. Bruno and the Council


Il 21/04/2014 18:08, Marion Eggert ha scritto:
> It is sad to hear of the passing of Daniel Bouchez. To what has been 
> said, I would like to add that he commanded deep respect, both as a 
> person and as a philologist. This was a man who taught his Korean 
> seminarists in Latin until he realized they didn't understand him, 
> then effortlessly switched to Korean, and who could hold his own 
> against the eminent Chông Kyubok in discussing new evidence concerning 
> the language of creation of Kuunmong. While I can't claim to have 
> known him well as a person, I always felt that his noble detachment 
> was complemented by genuine collegiality.
>
> Marion Eggert
>
> Am 21.04.2014 01:33, schrieb Brother Anthony:
>> The death has been announced of Dr. Daniel Bouchez,
>> CNRS Honorary Research Director in Korean Studies,
>> Chevalier of the Legion of Honour,
>> on Thursday April 17 2014 at 85 years of age.
>>
>>  From 1958 until 1970 he taught at the Catholic Seminary in Seoul.
>>  From 1972 he taught at the CNRS in Paris.
>> He was:
>> •President of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe, A.K.S.E. 
>> 1986-1988
>> •Directeur de l’Unité de Formation et de Recherche (U.F.R.) Asie 
>> orientale, Université Paris 7 (1988-1990)
>> •Founder and director of the U.R.A. "Korean Studies" in the C.N.R.S. 
>> associated with université Paris 7 (1990-1994)
>> •Representative in Korea of  the Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient 
>> (E.F.E.O.) (1995-1997)
>>
>> A full list in French of his publications and positions can be found 
>> at http://crc.ehess.fr/index.php?180
>>
>> Brother Anthony
>> Sogang University, Seoul etc
>>
>>
>

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Antonetta L. Bruno
President of AKSE (Association of Korean Studies in Europe)
PhD, Professor in
Korean language and civilization
Italian Institute of Oriental Studies
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Via Principe Amedeo 182/b


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