Jean-Baptiste Coye (June 6, 1711 – February 17, 1771) was an

Occitan language Occitan (; oc, occitan, link=no ), also known as ''lenga d'òc'' (; french: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, and sometimes also referred to as ''Provençal'', is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Vall ...

writer from

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, Provence. His name is written as Joan Baptista Còia in classical occitan. Coye's work is included in Archard's Provençal anthology ''Lou Bouquet Provençaou'' and is recognised as among the foremost of Provence's 18th century authors. He is the author of a 1743 comedy entitled ''Lou Novy para'' (written as ''Lo Nòvi parat'' in classical Occitan) which, according to Occitan critic

Robèrt Lafont Robèrt Lafont (; March 16, 1923 in Nîmes – June 24, 2009 in Florence) was a French intellectual from Provence. He was a linguist, an author, an historian, an expert in literature and a political theoretician. His name in French reads Rober ...

, obtained a "lasting success"." ..un long succès ... ''Nouvelle Histoire'', (445) Coye also composed the poem ''Lou Délire''.

Editions

* ''Oeuvres complète de J. B. Coye en vers provençaux''. Arles : Mesnier, 1829. * ''Lou Bouquet Prouvençaou''. Marselha : Achard, 1823.

Bibliography

* Anatole, Cristian. Lafont, Robèrt. ''Nouvelle histoire de la littérature occitane''. París : PUF, 1 970.

External links

''Lo nòvi parat'', Toulouse Library

''Complete work'', published in 1829, Google book

Notes

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