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Pierre Larcher

بيير لارشيه

Notable figure b. 1948 · Source: King Faisal Prize, 2026 laureate's speech: Pierre Larcher, Arabic Language and Literature · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Larcher, Pierre (1948-....), Université d'Aix-Marseille

Field: Grammar and linguistics

Affiliation

Linguist; Le système verbal de l'arabe classique (2003)

Biography

Professor of Arabic linguistics at Aix-Marseille University. He wrote Le système verbal de l'arabe classique (Aix-en-Provence, 2003; enlarged 2nd ed.), collected his studies in Linguistique arabe et pragmatique (Beirut, 2014), and translated the Muʿallaqat and other pre-Islamic poetry into French. He received the King Faisal Prize for Arabic Language and Literature in 2026.