Complete Works of Voltaire

The Complete Works of Voltaire (Œuvres complètes de Voltaire) is the first critical edition of the totality of Voltaire’s writings (in the original French) arranged chronologically.[1][2] The project was started by the bibliographer and translator Theodore Besterman who only lived to see the first two volumes published.[2][3] It is currently published by the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford.

Each text is given an introduction, variants and detailed annotations. The first volume was published in 1968; the edition will comprise nearly 200 volumes by its completion in 2018.[4] In 2010, the foundation was awarded the Prix Hervé Deluen by the Académie Française for this fifty-year project.[5]

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References

  1. Mason, Haydn. "A history of the Voltaire Foundation" (PDF). Voltaire Foundation. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Julia, Aurélie (October 2011). "Voltaire à Oxford, The Voltaire Foundation". Revue des Deux Mondes (in French). English translation at http://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/www_vf/newsEvents/VoltaireFoundation_RevueDeuxMondes_Eng.pdf
  3. Barber, Giles (2004). Besterman, Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel (1904–1976). Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  4. Johnson, Michael (23 January 2010). "Voltaire the Survivor". The International Herald Tribune. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. "University of Oxford - French toast". Times Higher Education (THE). 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

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