Marie Rouanet

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 Rosina de Pèira . 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

• 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

1. ^ Notícies del CAOC, 1978

External links

• Some bibliographical references
• Bibliographical references

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