The ''Complete Works of Voltaire'' (''Œuvres complètes de Voltaire'') is the first critical edition of the totality of
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...
's writings (in the original
French) arranged chronologically.
[ English translation at ] The project was started by the bibliographer and translator
Theodore Besterman
Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel Besterman (22 November 1904 – 10 November 1976) was a Polish-born British psychical researcher, bibliographer, biographer, and translator. In 1945 he became the first editor of the ''Journal of Documentation''. From ...
who only lived to see the first two volumes published.
[
] It is currently published by the
Voltaire Foundation
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department of the University of Oxford, founded by Theodore Besterman in the 1970s. It publishes the definitive edition of the ''Complete Works of Voltaire'' (''Œuvres complètes de Voltaire''), as well as ' ...
at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
Each text is given an introduction, variants and detailed annotations. The first volume was published in 1968, with the 205th and final volume appearing in April 2022.
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External links
''Complete Works of Voltaire'' homepage
Tout Voltaire, The ARTFL Project University of Chicago
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Works about Voltaire
18th-century French literature
Works by Voltaire