Jean Chevalier
Jean Chevalier was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian, best known for his co-authorship of the Dictionnaire des symboles, first printed in 1969 by publisher Éditions Robert Laffont.
Dictionary of Symbols is an encyclopedic work of cultural anthropology, co-written with the French poet and Amazonian explorer Alain Gheerbrant, devoted to the symbolism of myths, dreams, habits, gestures, shapes, figures, colors and numbers found in mythology and folklore. It contains over 1,600 articles and has seen nineteen reprints between 1982 and 1997. It has been republished on a worldwide basis by Penguin Books and others.
Up to 1964, Chevalier worked at UNESCO as Director of the Bureau of Relations for Member States before resigning to pursue writing and research.
Works
L'organisation du travail, 1937.Humanisme Chrétien, 1940.La théorie augustinienne des relations trinitaires, 1940.S. Augustin et la pensée grecque, 1940.Organisation: du travail, Volume 2, 1943.La communauté humaine selon l'esprit chrétien – coauthor Emile Marmy, 1944.Doctrines économiques, 1945.La cité romaine, 1948.Administration de l'entreprise, 1957.Histoire de la pensée, 1958.Textes sacrés traditions et œuvres d'art de toutes les religions, 1967.Dictionnaire des symboles – coauthor Alain Gheerbrant, 1969.La politique du Vatican, 1969.Les religions, 1972.A à Che and Alain Gheerbrant, 1973.Che à G. and Alain Gheerbrant, 1973.H à Pie and Alain Gheerbrant, 1974.Pie à Z. and Alain Gheerbrant, 1974.Le soufisme or, L'ivresse de Dieu dans la tradition de l'islam, 1974.Les royaumes celtiques – coauthors Myles Dillon, Nora Kershaw Chadwick, 1979.Introduction au symbolisme, 1986.Une dynamique de la paix '''', 1986.Les voies de l'au-delà, 1994.