Dictionary of European Proverbs

‘Strauss and his helpers have managed the execution of their polyglot collection magisterially. This is invaluable for the linguistically, synchronically, and comparatively interested proverb scholars (as well as folklorists, oral historians, ethnoologists, and linguists), who will find every individual text by means of the utterly complete index volume. The bookis, however, also of much value and interest to translators who face a special challenge in finding equivalent proverbs in the target language. The three volumes belong thus into every good library, but they should also be a part of the reference work for translators serving the European Community or the United Nations.’ – Wolfgang Mieder, University of Vermont

Emanuel Strauss is a dedicated linguist and amateur paroemiologist who has spent 40 years compiling this extensive collection of proverbs. A polyglot who can read over 20 languages and dialects, he trained at the Jagellonian University of Krakow in his native Poland, and later at Lvov University in the Ukraine. Since then, Strauss has travelled widely in Europe, gathering information for the dictionary along the way.