Guillaume Ader
Guilhèm Adèr (in French language Guilhem Ader; Gimont?, 1567? - Gimont, 1638) was an Occitan language writer from Gascony. He is the author of a book of maxims inspired by Cato (Lo Catonet Gascon) and of an epic poem dedicated to Henry III of Navarre and IV France in 2690 alexandrines. He was born in Gimont, Gascony.
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Guillaume Ader

Guilhem Ader · Gallica · Public domain
- Born
- 1575. · Gimont.
- Died
- 1638. · Gimont.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, physician and writer.
- Fields
- literature, poetry and medicine.
- Languages
- Gascon, Latin and Occitan.
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Guilhèm Adèr (in French language Guilhem Ader; Gimont?, 1567? - Gimont, 1638) was an Occitan language writer from Gascony. He is the author of a book of maxims inspired by Cato (Lo Catonet Gascon) and of an epic poem dedicated to Henry III of Navarre and IV France in 2690 alexandrines. He was born in Gimont, Gascony.
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He studied in Toulouse and became a physician and served in the Duc of Joyeuse's army. Afterward he returned to Gimont and settled there. He married Magdalena de Lux and they had a daughter and son.
• Jeanroy, Alfred Poésies de Guillaume Ader, publiées avec notice, traduction et Notes. Tolosa: Privat, 1904 • Adèr Guilhèm. Lo Catonet gascon. Ortès: Per Noste, 2008. • Adèr Guilhèm. Lo gentilòme gascon. Ortès: Per Noste, 2010.
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• Garavini, Fausta. La letteratura occitanica moderna. Bologna: Sansoni, 1970 • Gardy, Felip. Guilhem Ader (1567?-1638): actes du colloque de Lombez (21-22 septembre 1991). Beziers: Centre International de Documentacion Occitana, 1992. • Gardy, Felip, Histoire et anthologie de la littérature occitane, Tome II, l'âge du baroque - 1520 -1789. Montpellier: Presses du Languedoc, 1997.
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Guillaume Ader is recorded with the occupation physician. Recorded as poet, physician and writer.
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1575
Guillaume Ader was born in 1575.
1628
Guillaume Ader died on 1 January 1638.
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- 1.Poésies de Guillaume Ader, publiées avec notice, traduction et notes par A. Vignaux,... [et] A. Jeanroy, Toulouse, 1904, p. XVI et p.j. II, XLVIII.
- 2.Les Arts de l'équitation dans l'Europe de la Renaissance. Actes Sud. 2009. 978-2-7427-7211-7.
- 3.Pour se faire une idée de la richesse du lexique dans le Gentilhomme Gascon, consulter l'article de Pierre Bec sur les instruments de musique dans l'œuvre
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Guilhem Ader. His recorded languages were Gascon, Latin and Occitan.
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