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Occitan literature (referred to in older texts as Provençal literature) is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France.It was the first literature written in a Romance language and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe.
The Occitan Wikipedia (Occitan: wikipèdia en occitan) is the Occitan language version of Wikipedia. The Occitan Wikipedia has 90,343 articles as of 19 December 2024 (ranked 79th among the 353 language versions of Wikipedia).
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Occitan literature - were songs, poetry and literature in Occitan in what is nowadays the South of France that originated in the poetry of the 11th and 12th centuries, and inspired vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe.
Originating in the Provence region of present-day France, Occitan literature spread through the tradition of the troubadours in the High Middle Ages. The tornada became a hallmark of the language's lyric poetry tradition which emerged c. 1000 in a region called Occitania that now comprises parts of modern-day France, Italy and Catalonia ...
The alba (Old Occitan:; "sunrise") is a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry. It describes the longing of lovers who, having passed a night together, must separate for fear of being discovered. A common figure found in the alba is the guaita ("sentry" or "guard"), a friend who alerts the lovers when the hour has come to separate.
The Occitan language is still used to varying levels by between 100,000 and 800,000 speakers in southern France and northern Italy. Since 2006, the Occitan language is recognized as one of the official languages in Catalonia , an autonomous region of Spain.
Pierre Bec (French: [pjɛʁ bɛk]; Occitan: Pèire Bec, IPA: ['pɛjɾe βɛk]; 11 December 1921 – 30 June 2014) [1] was a French Occitan-language poet and linguist. Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Comminges, where he learnt Occitan. He was deported to Germany between 1943 and 1945. After returning, he studied in Paris, where he ...