Georges Jean (16 September 1920 – 19 December 2011[2]) was a French poet and essayist specializing in the fields of linguistics, semiology and children's literature.
Georges Jean was born in Besançon, after studying philosophy, he entered the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.
He was a teacher at the École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques, and published more than 70 books including several collections of poems, essays and theories on poetry and pedagogy.
[4] His book Le plaisir des mots : Dictionnaire poétique illustré won the ‘Mention’ Budding Critic Award from Bologna Children's Book Fair in 1983.
[1] Another book L’écriture, mémoire des hommes (English edition – Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts) was one of the bestsellers in France,[5] and has been translated into 21 languages.