Louis AlibertW
Louis Alibert

Louis Alibert was a French linguist.

Joseph AngladeW
Joseph Anglade

Joseph Anglade (1868–1930) was a French philologist. He specialized in Romance languages, particularly Occitan, and studied the lyrics of the troubadours. He was instrumental in formalizing the term Occitan for the language of Provence.

Arnaud de SaletteW
Arnaud de Salette

Arnaud de Saleta was a cleric and Béarnese poet who served during the establishment of a Protestant state in the Kingdom of Navarra in the 16th century.

Albèrt ArnavièlhaW
Albèrt Arnavièlha

Albèrt Arnavièlha was an Occitan poet and journalist born in Alès on 22 July 1844. He died in Montpellier on 11 November 1927. He wrote both in French and Occitan and was a majoral of Frederic Mistral's Felibritge. He also was a royalist militant for Action française and a close friend of Charles Maurras's.

Folco de Baroncelli-JavonW
Folco de Baroncelli-Javon

Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, was a French writer and cattle farmer. As an influential gardian, he is an important figure in the traditional lifestyle and culture of the Camargue region of southern France.

Antoinette de BeaucaireW
Antoinette de Beaucaire

Antoinette de Beaucaire or Marie-Antoinette Rivière was an Occitan language writer. Her works include Li Velugo or "The Sparklets."

Louis BellaudW
Louis Bellaud

Louis Bellaud also known as Bellaud de la Bellaudière (1543–1588) was an Occitan language writer and poet from Provence.

Joan Francés BlancW
Joan Francés Blanc

Joan Francés Blanc is an Occitan writer and lexicographer.

Joan BodonW
Joan Bodon

Joan Bodon, who was born in Crespin, Aveyron, Occitania (France) on December 11, 1920 and died on February 24, 1975 in Algeria, is an author who wrote exclusively in Occitan although he is credited as being called Jean Boudou in the French translations of his works. His mother was a contaira, or storyteller, from Rouergue and paved the way for his love and frequent use of traditional Langue d'Oc tales and figures. Together with Renat Nelli, Marcela Delpastre, Robèrt Lafont and Max Roqueta, Bodon ranks among the most prominent Occitan writers of the twentieth century.

Brémonde de TarasconW
Brémonde de Tarascon

Alexandrine Élisabeth Brémond, known as Brémonde de Tarascon, was a well known poet from the south of France who wrote in the Occitan language. She was a member of the Félibrige, a society that tried to preserve the language and its literature.

Joan de CabanasW
Joan de Cabanas

Joan de Cabanas was an Occitan language writer from Provence.

Cyprien DespourrinsW
Cyprien Despourrins

Cyprien Despourrins was an Occitan-language poet from Béarn and member of the Bigorre Parliament born in Accous in 1698.

Guillaume de Salluste Du BartasW
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas was a Gascon Huguenot courtier and poet. Trained as a doctor of law, he served in the court of Henri de Navarre for most of his career. Du Bartas was celebrated across sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe for his divine poetry, particularly L'Uranie (1574), Judit (1574), La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde (1578), and La Seconde Semaine (1584-1603).

Jean-Henri FondevilleW
Jean-Henri Fondeville

Jean-Henri Fondeville was a Béarnese Occitan writer.

Francés de CortetaW
Francés de Corteta

Francés de Corteta, also known as Corteta de Prades was a nobleman from the Agen province and an Occitan-language poet and baroque play writer.

François Toussaint GrosW
François Toussaint Gros

François Toussaint Gros was an Occitan-language writer from Provence.

Joan Francés FulcònisW
Joan Francés Fulcònis

Joan Francés Fulcònis was a mathematician born in Lieusola ca 1520 and who lived in Nice. He is the author of La Cisterna Fulcronica, a treaty of arithmetics written in Occitan language and printed in Lyon in 1562.

Augièr GalhardW
Augièr Galhard

Augièr Galhard was a 16th-century Occitan language writer from western Languedoc.

Estève GarcinW
Estève Garcin

Estève Garcin was an Occitan language writer from Provence.

Pey de GarrosW
Pey de Garros

Pey de Garros, was the most important Occitan poet of the Renaissance. He was instrumental in the evolution of the Gascon dialect into a literary language.

Jean-Baptiste GermainW
Jean-Baptiste Germain

Jean-Baptiste Germain was an 18th-century Occitan writer from Provence. He was also a French diplomat in Algeria at the service of the Compagnie Royale d'Afrique.

Felix GrasW
Felix Gras

Félix Gras was a Provençal poet and novelist.

Guilhèm AdèrW
Guilhèm Adèr

Guilhèm Adèr was an Occitan language writer from Gascony. He is the author of a book a maxims inspired from Cato and of an epic poem dedicated to Henry III of Navarre and IV France in 2690 alexandrines.

Joan Giraud d'AstròsW
Joan Giraud d'Astròs

Joan Giraud d'Astròs was an Occitan Language writer and a Catholic priest.

Robèrt LafontW
Robèrt Lafont

Robèrt Lafont 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 Robert Lafont.

Frédéric MistralW
Frédéric Mistral

Frederic Mistral was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. Mistral received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". He was a founding member of the Félibrige and a member of l'Académie de Marseille.

Jean-Joseph de MondonvilleW
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau and enjoyed great success in his day. Pierre-Louis Daquin claimed: "If I couldn't be Rameau, there's no one I would rather be than Mondonville".

Joan Claudi PeiròtW
Joan Claudi Peiròt

Joan Claudi Peiròt was an occitan language writer from Millau in the province of Rouergue.

Étienne PélabonW
Étienne Pélabon

Étienne Pélabon was a Provençal Occitan-language writer from the 18th century. He is above all remembered for his play Maniclo.

Antonin PerbòscW
Antonin Perbòsc

Antonin Perbòsc was a poet from Occitania, France. He was born in Labarthe, Tarn-et-Garonne in 1861 and died in 1944 in Montauban. His first job was as a primary school teacher in Comberouger, a small town 30km off Montauban, and later in Loze, near Villefranche-de-Rouergue. He'd teach his pupils about the region's traditions and cultural heritage and even formed a society for the more eager among them. The so-called societat tradicionista gathered 51 schoolgoers, both male and female, between 1900 and 1908.

Alejo PeyretW
Alejo Peyret

Alejo Peyret was a French-born Argentine writer, agronomist, colonial administrator, and historian. Emigrating to Argentina when he was 25, he became a prominent figure in the history of Entre Ríos Province.

Pierre BrechetW
Pierre Brechet

Pierre Brechet is an Occitan teacher, scholar, and activist, living in Marseille. Since 2010 he is the president of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans.

Marie RouanetW
Marie Rouanet

Marie Rouanet is an Occitan singer and writer.

Nicolas SabolyW
Nicolas Saboly

Nicolas Saboly was a French poet, composer and choirmaster. He composed many Christmas carols in the Provençal dialect which form one of the monuments of poetry in that language and have been repeatedly republished until the present day.

Xavier NavarrotW
Xavier Navarrot

Xavier Navarrot was an Occitan-language poet from Béarn.

Adeline YzacW
Adeline Yzac

Adelina Yzac is an author who writes in both Occitan and French. She went to school in Sarlat and specialized in literature, Spanish and linguistics at the university of Montpellier. She's also a playwright and a story writer. Her style has always been heavily influenced by the literature of Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America.