Pétrus Ky

Pétrus Jean Baptiste Trương Vinh Ky ( born December 6, 1837 in Vinh Long, Vietnam, † September 1, 1898 in Saigon, Vietnam ) was a Vietnamese writer, scientist, journalist and translator. He wrote over 100 works in geography, history, literature, wrote several dictionaries, including the first French - Vietnamese dictionaries, translated many books of the ancient Vietnamese font chu nom NGU in today's writing Vietnamese Quốc. For his work he was honored by the French Academy and other bodies and highly awarded ( Officer D' Académie, the Légion d' Honneur, etc.).

Publications

• Abrégé de grammaire annamite
• Kim Vân Kieu, 1875 ( first translation into today's Vietnamese font )
• Petit cours de géographie de la Basse- Cochichine
• Cours de langue annamite
• Voyage au Tonkin en 1876
• Guide de la conversation annamite
• PHep Lich Su An Nam, Les convenances et les civilités Annamites
• Cours de la langue mandarin ou the caractères chinois
• Cours d' histoire annamite
• Cours de littérature annamite, 1891.
• Cours de géographie générale de l' Indochine

• Author
• Journalist
• Linguist
• Literature ( Vietnamese )
• Literature (19th century)
• Member of the Legion of Honour ( Knight )
• Vietnamese
• Born in 1837
• Died in 1898
• Man