Ives Roqueta
Ives Roqueta (ˈives ruˈketɔ; born 29 February 1936 in Sète, Hérault, died January 4, 2015) was an Occitan author. He played a major role in the country's political and cultural movement. Roqueta was the president of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans (IEO) for a number of years and his brother Joan, better known as Joan Larzac, is also a writer and an Occitan activist.
Ives Roqueta
- Full name
- Yves Jean Marie Rouquette.
- Born
- 1936. · Sète.
- Died
- 2015. · Saint-Affrique.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, teacher, lecturer and translator.
- Fields
- Occitan culture, translations from Occitan and translation from French.
- Honours
- Grand prix de poésie de la ville de Béziers.
- Languages
- French and Occitan.
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Ives Roqueta (ˈives ruˈketɔ; born 29 February 1936 in Sète, Hérault, died January 4, 2015) was an Occitan author. He played a major role in the country's political and cultural movement. Roqueta was the president of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans (IEO) for a number of years and his brother Joan, better known as Joan Larzac, is also a writer and an Occitan activist.
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Controversy
Controversy
He founded the Ventadorn record company, which is credited for providing Nòva cançon singers with a media outlet.
The recorded working language is French and Occitan. The field of work recorded is Occitan culture, translations from Occitan and translation from French. Positions recorded include general secretary. Distinctions recorded are Grand prix de poésie de la ville de Béziers.
Roqueta's cultural and political activities were highly controversial. He was regarded by some Occitan activists as a pioneer of his generation and one of the nation's most talented poets and novelists. Others have maintained that he had a negative impact on the Occitan movement during the late 1970s and the 1980s. In particular, his anti-academic positions led to the IEO's split in 1981.
Poems
Poems
• L'Escriveire public (The Letter-Writer), 1958 • Lo Mal de la tèrra (The Land's Evil), 1958 • Roèrgue, si (Yes to Rouergue), 1968 • Òda a Sant Afrodisi (An Ode to Saint Aphrodite), 1968 • Lo Castèl des cans (The Castle of the Dogs), 1977 • Messa pels pòrcs (A Mass for the Pigs), 1970 • Los Negres, siam pas sols (Blacks, Let's Not Be Alone), 1972 • Lo Fuòc es al cementiri (The Cemetery's on Fire), 1974 • Misericòrdia (Mercy), 1986 • L'Escritura publica o pas (Letter-Writing or Not), 1988, a collection of poems written between 1972 and 1987
Prose
Prose
• Lo Poèta es una vaca (The Poet Is a Cow), 1967 • La Paciéncia (Patience), 1968 • Made in France (1970) • Lo Trabalh de las mans (Handmade), 1977 • Lengadòc Roge (Red Languedoc), 1984
Essays
Essays
• Los Carbonièrs de La Sala (Decazeville's Miners), 1975 • Las Cronicas de Viure (The Chronicles in Viure magazine), 1963–1974
Life and career
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Life and career
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1936
Ives Roqueta born at Sète.
2015
Ives Roqueta died at Saint-Affrique.
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Sète.
Birth place
Saint-Affrique.
Death place
Discography
• Messa Pels Porcs ("Mass For Pigs"), Institut D'estudis Occitans/Ventadorn I.E.O. S-4 332, 1971
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2983597: Ives Roqueta
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- “Ives Roqueta”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Ives Roqueta, dralhas per una pròsa occitana renovelada, Publications de l'Association Internationale d'Etudes Occitanes, 2016
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- 1.Le poisson de bois dans le métro. Climats. octobre 1995. 2 84158 021 0.
- 2.État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
- 3.« Appel des fondateurs du club Réalité occitane et christianisme aux chrétiens d'Occitanie », La Croix de l'Hérault, 27 novembre 1966, p. 2.
- 4.Robert Lafont (1979) Nani Monsur, Valdariás: Vent Terral.
- 5.Robert Lafont (1991) Temps tres, coll. Internacional, Perpinhan: Trabucaire.
- 6.Philippe Martel (1989) , “Un peu d’histoire: bref historique de la revendication occitane, 1978-1988”, Amiras 20 (Mort et résurrection de Monsieur Occitanisme): 11-23
- 7.Béziers : Yves Rouquette donne son nom à l’auditorium des Franciscains. Midi libre. 20-09-2015 lire en.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Jean-Pierre Chambon et Marjolaine Raguin-Barthelmebs,
- Christian Anatole et Robert Lafont, Nouvelle histoire de la littérature occitane. Tome II, PUF, 1970
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Ives Roqueta, dralhas per una pròsa occitana renovelada, Publications de l'Association Internationale d'Etudes Occitanes, 2016Crossref registry
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