# Paul Delarue

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French folklorist

For other uses, see [Delarue](/source/Delarue).

**Paul Alfred Delarue**, born 20 April 1889 in [Saint-Didier, Nièvre](/source/Saint-Didier%2C_Ni%C3%A8vre), died 25 July 1956 in [Autun](/source/Autun), [Saône-et-Loire](/source/Sa%C3%B4ne-et-Loire), was a French [folklorist](/source/Folklore).[1]

A specialist in the field of folklore,[2] his crowning achievement was his [*Le Conte populaire français*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Conte_populaire_fran%C3%A7ais&action=edit&redlink=1) [[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Conte_populaire_fran%C3%A7ais_(livre))], a catalog of folktales found in France and French-speaking areas, structured and modeled on the [Aarne-Thompson](/source/Aarne-Thompson) classification system.[2][1] The first volume appeared in 1957, a few months after his death. The project, expected to run to several volumes, was continued by [Marie-Louise Tenèze](/source/Marie-Louise_Ten%C3%A8ze).[3]

After dabbling in his interest into local flora (*Étude sur la Flore nivernaise*, published 1930), he dedicated himself to transcribing and index-carding collected folktales in the manuscripts left by [Achille Millien](/source/Achille_Millien), the [Nivernais](/source/Nivernais) folklorist.[2] Between 1933 and 1936 he launched his own field study with the inhabitants of [Nièvre](/source/Ni%C3%A8vre), while teaching at [Saint-Léger-des-Vignes](/source/Saint-L%C3%A9ger-des-Vignes), then [Montsauche](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montsauche&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Vauzelles](/source/Varennes-Vauzelles),[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] then moving to the Paris area. He was director of the school in [Ivry-sur-Seine](/source/Ivry-sur-Seine), 1939–1946.[1]

His articles showed interest in the origins of the mother goose tales of [Charles Perrault](/source/Charles_Perrault), and the relationship between oral and written literature.[2]

An anthology by Delarue was published in English translation as *The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales* in 1956.[4]

He had distinguished service in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), and had received the [legion of honor](/source/Legion_of_honor). During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he was ranked Chef de bataillon ([major](/source/Major_(rank))), fighting battles in [Saarland](/source/Saarland) and [Ardennes](/source/Ardennes), taken prisoner in 1940, and liberated in 1941.[1]

Paul Delarue headed the folklore committee at the [Ligue de l'enseignement](/source/Ligue_de_l'enseignement) (1946-1953) and subsequently at the [Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_national_des_Arts_et_Traditions_Populaires_(France)).[1] He was also vice-president of the Société d'Ethnographie Française from 1952,[1] and sat on the directing committee at thea Fédération Folklorique d'Île-de-France.

His son Georges Delarue (born 1926) has continued along his footsteps, publishing *Chansons populaires du Nivernais et du Morvan* (7 volumes).

## Works

- *Recueil de chants populaires du Nivernais*, 1934-1947 (with Achille Milien).

- *La « Promesse » de Jean-Pierre et de la Yeyette*, 1936

- *Écoliers, chantez nos chansons folkloriques*, 1938

- *L'Amour des trois oranges et autres contes folkloriques des Provinces de France*, 1947

- *La Bête de la forêt*, 1947

- *Vieux métiers du Nivernais. Les fendeurs*, 1949

- *Le Conte populaire français : Catalogue raisonné des versions de France et des pays de langue française d'outre-mer : Canada, Louisiane, îlots français des États-Unis, Antilles Françaises, Haiti, Île Maurice, La Réunion*, with [Marie-Louise Ténèze](/source/Marie-Louise_T%C3%A9n%C3%A8ze), Maisonneuve et Larose, 1957

- *Le Conte populaire français*, with [Marie-Louise Ténèze](/source/Marie-Louise_T%C3%A9n%C3%A8ze), Maisonneuve et Larose, 1993 (nouv. éd.) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2706806230](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2706806230)

## References

**Citations**

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-taylor_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-taylor_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-taylor_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-taylor_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-taylor_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-taylor_1-5) [Taylor (1957)](#CITEREFTaylor1957), pp. 262–263

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-arts&sci_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-arts&sci_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-arts&sci_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-arts&sci_2-3) La Société d'ethnographie française et le Musée national des arts et traditions populaires (1956). "Paul Delarue (1889-1956)". *Arts et Traditions Populaires*. **4** (3). Presses Universitaires de France: 193–194. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [41002530](https://www.jstor.org/stable/41002530).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-virolle_3-0)** Alford, Violet (1966). "(Review) Le Conte populaire français, tome II by Paul Delarue, Marie-Louise Tenèze, G. P. Maisonneuve". *Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France*. **66** (4): 756–757. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [40522930](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40522930).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-alford_4-0)** Alford, Violet (1957). "(Review) The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales by Paul Delarue". *Folklore*. **68** (2): 373. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/0015587X.1957.9717598](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F0015587X.1957.9717598). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [1258634](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1258634).

## Bibliography

- Taylor, Archer (1957), "Paul Delarue, 1889-1956", *The Journal of American Folklore*, **70** (277): 262–263, [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [538325](https://www.jstor.org/stable/538325)

## External links

- [Biography](http://maitron-en-ligne.univ-paris1.fr/spip.php?page=articleCD&id_article=21947)

- [\[1\]](https://le-conte-merveilleux.fr/Catalogue-Delarue-Teneze)

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