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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Daniel Negers<br />
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| birth_place = [[Paris]], France<br />
| occupation = Professor<br />
| employer = [[Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales|National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations]]|<br />
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'''Daniel Negers''' is a French professor who has done extensive study of Telugu language and culture.<ref name="Maitreyi">{{cite web|last1=Maitreyi|first1=M. l Melly|title=Language no barrier for him|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/language-no-barrier-for-him/article21735579.ece|website=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=22 December 2017|language=en-IN|date=15 December 2017}}</ref> He has translated knowledge of Telugu into French. He taught Telugu language to French students.<ref name="Maîtriser mana Telugu">{{cite web|last1=Bhandaram|first1=Vishnupriya|title=Maîtriser mana Telugu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/matriser-mana-telugu/article3848178.ece|website=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=27 December 2017|language=en-IN|date=2 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Daniel Negers was born in [[Paris]], France.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Daniel first came to India in the 1970s as a tourist and returned to [[Peddapuram]], a town in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India, in 1983 along with his wife for his field study on a Telugu folk tradition called ''[[Burrakatha]]''.<ref name="Taher Mohamed">{{cite book|last1=Taher|first1=Mohamed|title=Libraries in India's National Developmental Perspective: A Saga of Fifty Years Since Independence|date=2001|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170228424|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQk5iINMD2IC&q=Daniel+Negers&pg=PA96|accessdate=27 December 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="A Talk With Dr. Daniel Negers in Hyderabad, Alliance Francaise De Hyderabad">{{cite web|title=A Talk With Dr. Daniel Negers in Hyderabad, Alliance Francaise De Hyderabad {{!}} What's Hot|url=https://www.whatshot.in/hyderabad/a-talk-with-dr-daniel-negers-e-285235|website=Whats Hot|accessdate=22 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> He developed an interest in the culture and learned to speak and write the local language.<ref name="G. Venkataramana Rao">{{cite web|last1=Rao|first1=G. Venkataramana|title=Telugu to be taught in French institute|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/telugu-to-be-taught-in-french-institute/article3786917.ece|website=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=22 December 2017|language=en-IN|date=18 August 2012}}</ref> He was trained under Devadula Brahmanandam. After the death of Brahmanandam, his companion Allada Rama Rao helped him complete his research. During his research, his family stayed in Peddapuram. He dedicated his book on ''Burrakatha'' to Nazar, who is known for spreading awareness of this art.<br />
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He studied the writings of poets such as [[Palkuriki Somanatha|Palkuriki Somana]], [[Gurajada Apparao]], [[Rayaprolu Subbarao]], and [[Ravuri Bharadwaja]]. He translated poems by [[Vemana]] into French.<ref name="Sunny Baski">{{cite web |last1=Sunny |first1=Baski |date=19 December 2017 |title=The French in love with this 'Italian' |url=https://telanganatoday.com/the-french-in-love-with-this-italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042515/telanganatoday.com/the-french-in-love-with-this-italian |archive-date=2017-12-23 |accessdate=22 December 2017 |website=Telangana Today}}</ref> He wrote a French–Telugu dictionary.<br />
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He was felicitated by the Telugu Association of Netherlands (TANE) at its Ugadi celebrations in 2014.<ref name="French ‘Burrakatha’ exponent feted">{{cite web|title=French 'Burrakatha' exponent feted|url=http://www.hyderabadfirst.in/?p=8950|website=Andhra Pradesh First|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=27 December 2017|date=13 April 2014}}</ref> Daniel Negers was felicitated in 2015 in [[Visakhapatnam]] on the occasion of the 11th annual Lok Nayak Foundation awards ceremony. He was awarded INR 50,000 for his contribution to the spread of the Telugu language and culture.<ref name="French professor of Telugu to be feted">{{cite web|title=French professor of Telugu to be feted|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/french-professor-of-telugu-to-be-feted/article6796467.ece|website=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=27 December 2017|language=en-IN|date=17 January 2015}}</ref> In 2021, he met the [[Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (Telangana)|IT Minister of Telangana]], [[K. T. Rama Rao]], in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-31 |title=KTR meets French professor proficient in Telugu |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/311021/ktr-meets-french-professor-proficient-in-telugu.html |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><br />
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