Serge Bec
Serge Bec (August 27, 1933 – February 27, 2021) was a French poet, journalist, writer, and art critic.
Also recorded as Sergi Bec
Serge Bec
- Name
- Serge Bec
- Born
- August 27, 1933
- Birthplace
- Cavaillon, France
- Died
- 27 February 2021
- Place of death
- Apt, France
- Occupation
- Poet
- Full name
- Serge Justin Alexandre Bec.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- Occitan culture.
- Movements
- Félibrige.
- Education
- Aix-Marseille University.
- Honours
- grand prize winner of the Félibrige floral games, prix Antigone, prix Pétrarque de l'essai, Frédéric Mistral Prize and Grand prix littéraire de Provence.
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Serge Bec (August 27, 1933 – February 27, 2021) was a French poet, journalist, writer, and art critic.
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Serge Bec (1933–2021) was an art critic, insurance broker and journalist, among other activities, of French nationality. The art critic was born Serge Justin Alexandre Bec in Cavaillon and died in Castelnau-le-Lez.
Serge Bec was educated at Aix-Marseille University. The art critic held the positions of 'majoral' of the Félibrige and mayor's adjunct. Activity centred on Occitan culture. The art critic was associated with Félibrige.
Languages used include French and Occitan. Honours include Frédéric Mistral Prize, Grand prix littéraire de Provence and grand prize winner of the Félibrige floral games, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Serge Bec studied at Aix-Marseille University. The recorded working language is French and Occitan. The field of work recorded is Occitan culture. Positions recorded include 'majoral' of the Félibrige and mayor's adjunct. Distinctions recorded are grand prize winner of the Félibrige floral games, prix Antigone, prix Pétrarque de l'essai and Frédéric Mistral Prize.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Serge Bec • Born — August 27, 1933 • Birthplace — Cavaillon, France • Died — 27 February 2021 • Place of death — Apt, France • Occupation — Poet
Biography
Biography
Bec was born in Cavaillon and spent his childhood in Apt at the family flour mill. He attended Aix-Marseille University and the École supérieure de journalisme. After he completed his military service in Algeria, he became a journalist and art critic for Agence France-Presse. He served as Deputy Mayor of Culture of Apt from 1977 to 1983, and subsequently became director of the Luberon Regional Nature Park. In 1977, he became Editor-in-Chief of the journal Le Pays d’Apt. In 2009, he became Majoral of Félibrige. Serge Bec died in Apt on February 27, 2021, at the age of 88.
Poetry
Poetry
• Li Graio negro / Les Corneilles noires (1954) • Cants de l'estre fòu / Chants de l'être fou (1957) • Miegterrana / Méditerranée (1957) • Memòria de la carn, seguit de Auba / Mémoire de la chair, suivi de Aube (1960) • Auceus de l'ivern / Oiseaux de l'hiver (1960) • Galina blanca e marrit can / Poule blanche et chien méchant (1968) • Balada per Lili Fòng / Ballade pour Lilly Phong (1969) • Cronicas dau rèire-jorn / Chroniques à contre-jour (1978) • Sièu un païs / Je suis un Pays (1980) • Cants de nòstrei pòbles encabestrats / Chants de nos peuples enchevêtrés (1985) • Pouèmo de la Clarenciero I / Poèmes de la Clarencière (I) (1989) • Sesoun de guerro / Saison de guerre (1991) • Tres balado / Trois ballades (1993) • La nuech fendasclada / La nuit pourfendue (1994) • Entre Gascogne et Provence – Itinéraire en lettres d'Oc (1994) • Pouèmo de la Clarenciero II / Poèmes de la Clarencière (II) (1998) • Suito pèr uno eternita / Suite pour une éternité (2002) • Saume dins lo vènt / Psaume dans le vent (2006) • Femna mon Amor / Femme mon Amour (2008)
Novels
Novels
• Repérages érotiques (1982) • Mémé, je ne veux pas que tu meures (1989) • L'otage des loups (1997) • Cagole (2001) • La malédiction d'Hadès (2005)
Guidebooks to Provence
Guidebooks to Provence
• Mini-guide des peintres du soleil (1969) • Mini-guide poétique du Luberon (1969) • Almanach des plaisirs du Luberon (1979) • Fantastique Pays d'Apt (1979) • Votre guide en Luberon (1986) • Le Luberon et sa région (1992) • Carnets d'un naturaliste amateur en Luberon (1997)
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Cavaillon.
Birth place
Castelnau-le-Lez.
Death place
Photographic Books
• Un village de Provence: Murs (1993) • Fêtes de Provence (1994) • Provence plurielle et singulière (1996) • Villages en Provence (1998) • Provence des lavandes (2001)
Songs and Recordings
Bec's poems were adapted into songs by René Sette. He also recorded his poems for Trésors d'Occitanie.
Awards
• Grand Prix littéraire de Provence (2006) • "Jour de Serge Bec" at the University of Montpellier (April 2009) • Co-Sponsor of the Médiathèque d'Apt (2010)
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- 1.Bec, Serge (1933–2021). BnF Catalogue général.
- 2.Serge Bec. Agence régional du livre.
- 3.Le grand poète occitan Serge Bec vient de nous quitter. Le journal du Gens. March 2, 2021.
- 4.Bec, Serge. Femna mon amor. Letras d'òc. 2008. 978-2-916718-12-5.
- 5."Un homme a traversé le monde", Projet musical sur la poésie de Serge Bec. Renat Sette. November 25, 2012.
- 6.Trésors d'Occitanie Serge Bec. Amazon.
- 7.Lauréat du Grand Prix Littéraire de Provence 2006. Association Culturelle Provençale de Ventabren en Pays d'Aix. March 20, 2006.
- 8.Journée d'étude consacrée au poète occitan Serge Bec. Calenda. February 10, 2009.
- 9.Colloque Serge Bec. Cardabelle. April 3, 2009.
- 10.Inauguration de la médiathèque "La Halle aux Grains". Médiathèque d'Apt. October 2010.
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