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Ives Roqueta (Occitan pronunciation: [ˈives ruˈketɔ]; born 29 February 1936 in Sète, Hérault, died January 4, 2015) was an Occitan author. He played a major role in the country's political and cultural movement. Roqueta was the president of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans (IEO) for a number of years and his brother Joan, better known as Joan Larzac, is also a writer and an Occitan activist. He founded the Ventadorn record company, which is credited for providing Nòva cançon singers with a media outlet.




Controversy


Roqueta's cultural and political activities were highly controversial. He was regarded by some Occitan activists as a pioneer of his generation and one of the nation's most talented poets and novelists. Others have maintained that he had a negative impact on the Occitan movement during the late 1970s and the 1980s. In particular, his anti-academic positions led to the IEO's split in 1981.




Bibliography






= Poems

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L'Escriveire public (The Letter-Writer), 1958
Lo Mal de la tèrra (The Land's Evil), 1958
Roèrgue, si (Yes to Rouergue), 1968
Òda a Sant Afrodisi (An Ode to Saint Aphrodite), 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

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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), 1984




= Essays

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Los Carbonièrs de La Sala (Decazeville'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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