Georges Jean

Georges Jean
Born(1920-09-16)16 September 1920
Besançon, France
Died19 December 2011(2011-12-19) (aged 91)
EducationÉcole normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud
Occupation(s)Linguist, semiotician, poet, children's literature writer
Notable workWriting: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts
Awards‘Mention’ Budding Critic Award of Bologna Children's Book Fair

Georges Jean (16 September 1920 – 19 December 2011) was a French poet and essayist specializing in the fields of linguistics, semiology and children's literature.