Marie Rouanet
Illustration — Rouanet in 2010 Marie Rouanet (Maria Roanet; 26 May 1936 – 25 January 2026) was a French Occitan singer and writer.
Marie Rouanet

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- Full name
- Marie Simonne Thérèse Rouanet.
- Born
- 1936. · Béziers.
- Died
- 2026. · Saint-Affrique.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- singer, writer, sociologist, poet, teacher and association football player.
- Fields
- Occitan culture, literature, creative and professional writing and Occitan.
- Honours
- Eugène Dabit populist novel award and Commander of the National Order of Merit.
- Languages
- French and Occitan.
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Illustration — Rouanet in 2010 Marie Rouanet (Maria Roanet; 26 May 1936 – 25 January 2026) was a French Occitan singer and writer.
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The recorded working language is French and Occitan. The field of work recorded is Occitan culture, literature and creative and professional writing. Positions recorded include mayor's adjunct. Distinctions recorded are Eugène Dabit populist novel award and Commander of the National Order of Merit.
Rouanet was born in Béziers, Hérault in 1936. Her father was a mechanic and she studied to be a school teacher. Since she was very interested in the history and the ethnography of her region, she started to write poems and songs in Occitan and was a member of the so-called Nova Chançon (New Song) along with Patric, Joan-Pau Verdier or Rosina de Pèira. She performed her wedding with Ives Roqueta in Occitan in 1978. She released records with the company Ventadorn and wrote several books in French. Rouanet died on 25 January 2026, at the age of 89.
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Saint-Affrique.
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Books
• Occitanie 1970, les poètes de la décolonisation (PJ Oswald, Honfleur, 1971) • Dins de patetas rojas (IEO, 1975; Letras d'òc, 2012) • Apollonie, Reine au coeur du monde (1984) • Je ne dois pas toucher les choses du jardin (1993) • La Marche lente des glaciers (1994) • Nous les filles (1990), memories • Du côté des hommes (2001) • Luxueuse austérité (2006) • Mauvaises nouvelles de la chair (2008) • Trésors d'enfance (2009) • La Nègre (2010) • L’Arpenteur (2012) • Murmures pour Jean Hugo (2013) • Abécédaire de l'Espérance (2014) • Mon rouge Rougier (2015) • Territoires sonores (2016) • Émerveillements (2022)

Marie Rouanet au Festival international de géographie 1999
Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission · Scan of the original photograph

Marie Rouanet au Festival international de géographie 1994
Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission · Scan of the original photograph
Discography
• Pica Relòtge, 1973 • Cantem Nadal, 1977 • Contra corrent la Trocha Nada, 1976 • A l'Intrada del Temps clar, 1976 • Me soveni..., 1979 • Als enfants d'Occitania, 1979 • L'eternitat, 1982
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- Marie Rouanet (1936-) : une écriture de l’entre-deux, Voix Plurielles, 2022
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