Augièr Galhard
Illustration — Monument to Auger Galhard in Rabastens Augièr Galhard was a 16th-century Occitan language writer from western Languedoc.
Also recorded as Augier Galhard
Augièr Galhard
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- 1540
- Died
- 1593
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Illustration — Monument to Auger Galhard in Rabastens Augièr Galhard was a 16th-century Occitan language writer from western Languedoc.
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He was first a wheelwright (for this reason he is also known under the name of Lo Rodièr de rabastens, "rodièr" meaning wheelwright in Occitan language) born in Rabastens in 1540. He then served as a huguenot soldier during the War of Religion under the command of Guillaume de Lherm. Augièr Galhard was also a rebec player and (both as a poet and as a musician) became an entertainer and thus earn his life both as a soldier and as an artist. As his work drew him to northern France, he also wrote poetry in French. Galhard finally settle in Bearn, political center of Kingdom of Navarre Calvinist court, where the regent Catherine de Bourbon granted him a private income.
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Occitan critics such as Jean-Baptiste Noulet and Robert Lafont mention three Occitan language books written by Augièr Galhard: • Las Obras (Las Obros in the original graphy) printed in 1579, at first censored. • Lo libre gràs (Lou libre gras) printed 1581 censored for being obscene, with no known remaining edition. • Lo banquet (Lou banquet)
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The authorities additionally record the heading Augier Galhard. His recorded languages were Middle French, French and Occitan.
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1540
Augièr Galhard born at Rabastens.
1593
Augièr Galhard died at Béarn.
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- 1.Also known as Auger Galhard and Auger Gaillard
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Gustave de Caussade, Poésies languedociennes et françaises d'Augier Gaillard, Éd. S. Rodière, Albi, 1843
- Noulet, Jean-Baptiste. Essai sur l'histoire littéraire des patois du Midi. Paris : Técherner, 1859.
- Anatole, Christian. Lafont, Robert. Nouvelle histoire de la littérature occitane. Paris : PUF, 1970.
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