Marie Rouanet
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Marie Rouanet, 2010
Marie Rouanet (Maria Roanet) (born 1936 in Béziers, Hérault) is an Occitan singer and writer.
Her father was a mechanic and she studied to be a school teacher. Since she was very interested in the history and the ethnography of her region, she started to write poems and songs in Occitan and was a member of the so-called Nova Chançon (New Song) along with Patric, Joan-Pau Verdier or . She performed her wedding with Ives Roqueta in Occitan in 1978.[1]
She has released records with the company Ventadorn and written several books in French.
Discography[]
- Pica Relòtge, 1973
- Cantem Nadal, 1977
- Contra corrent la Trocha Nada, 1976
- A l'Intrada del Temps clar, 1976
- Me soveni..., 1979
- Als enfants d'Occitania, 1979
- L'eternitat, 1982
Books[]
- Occitanie 1970, les poètes de la décolonisation (PJ Oswald, Honfleur, 1971)
- Dins de patetas rojas (IEO, 1975; Letras d'òc, 2012, ISBN 978-2-916718-43-9)
- Apollonie,Reine au coeur du monde (1984)
- Je ne dois pas toucher les choses du jardin (1993)
- La Marche lente des glaciers (1994)
- Nous les filles (1990), memories
- Du côté des hommes (2001)
- Luxueuse austérité (2006)
References[]
- ^ Notícies del CAOC, 1978 Archived 23 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Some bibliographical references[permanent dead link]
- Bibliographical references
Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Béziers
- French female singers
- French women writers
- Occitan-language writers
- Occitan-language singers
- Women ethnologists
- French ethnologists
- Ethnologist stubs
- French writer stubs