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Côtis-Capel (22 January 1915 – 30 October 1986) was the
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of Albert Lohier, a
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. He was from
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and wrote in the Haguais dialect of
Cotentinais Cotentinais () is the dialect of the Norman language spoken in the Cotentin Peninsula of France. It is one of the strongest dialects of the language on the French mainland. Dialects Due to the relative lack of standardisation of Norman, there ...
.


Bibliography

* Poetry collections ** ''Rocâles'' (1951) ** ''À Gravage'' (1965), won a Cotentin literary prize ** ''Raz-Bannes'' (1970) ** ''Graund Caté'' (1985) ** ''Les Côtis'' (1985) * Posthumous novel ** ''Ganache lé vuus péqueus'' (1987) Certain of his poems have been set to music by the group Magène.


References

Norman-language poets Norman-language writers French male poets {{France-poet-stub