Ives Roqueta (; born 29 February 1936 in
Sète,
Hérault
Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.[Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...]
author. He played a major role in the country's political and cultural movement. He was the president of the
IEO for a number of years and his brother Joan, better known as , is a writer and an Occitan activist as well. He founded the Ventadorn record company, which can be credited for providing
Nòva cançon singers with a proficient media outlet.
Controversy
His cultural and political action is highly controversial.
Some think that he's one of the pioneers of his generation and stands among the nation's most talented poets and novelists.
Other Occitan analysts say that he had a very negative impact over the occitanist movement during the end of the 1970s and the 1980s. Particularly, his anti-scholar positions led to the split of the
IEO in 1981.
[ MARTÈL Felip (1989b) = MARTEL Philippe, “Un peu d’histoire: bref historique de la revendication occitane, 1978-1988”, ''Amiras'' 20 (''Mort et résurrection de Monsieur Occitanisme''): 11-23]
Bibliography
Poems
* ''L'Escriveire public'' (''The Letter-Writer''), 1958
* ''Lo Mal de la tèrra'' (''The Land's Evil''), 1958
* ''Roèrgue, si'' (''Yes to
Rouergue
Rouergue (; ) is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron. Its historical capital is Rodez. It is bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan ...
''), 1968
* ''Òda a Sant Afrodisi'' (''An Ode to Saint
Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols inclu ...
''), 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
* ''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
The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France.
Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...
''), 1984
Essays
* ''Los Carbonièrs de La Sala'' (''
Decazeville
Decazeville ( oc, La Sala) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
The commune was created in the 19th century because of the Industrial Revolution and was named after the Duke of Decazes (1780–18 ...
's Miners''), 1975
* ''Las Cronicas de Viure'' (''The Chronicles in ''Viure'' magazine''), 1963–1974
Discography
* ''Messa Pels Porcs" ("Mass For Pigs"), Institut D'estudis Occitans/Ventadorn I.E.O. S-4 332, 1971
Notes
External links
English translation of ''Tota Lenga''
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1936 births
2015 deaths
People from Sète
Occitan-language writers