Emmanuel Kriaras
Emmanuel Kriaras | |
|---|---|
Εμμανουήλ Κριαράς | |
Portrait of Emmanuel Kriaras | |
| Born | 28 November 1906 |
| Died | 22 August 2014 (aged 107) Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece |
| Education | University of Athens |
| Occupations | |
| Employer | University of Thessaloniki |
| Spouse |
Aikaterini Striftou-Kriara
(m. 1936; died 2000) |
| Awards | Herder Prize (1977) Order of the Phoenix Order of George I Order of Honour Legion of Honour Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
Emmanuel G. Kriaras (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Γ. Κριαράς; 28 November 1906 – 22 August 2014) was a Greek lexicographer, philologist, professor and linguist. He was Professor Emeritus of the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was a student of Jean Psychari and the practice and ideology of demotic Greek.