Louis Bayle

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Louis Bayle (born September 11, 1907 in Bazas , † March 23, 1989 in Toulon ) was a French author, Romanist , linguist and Provençalist .

life and work

Bayle studied Lettres classiques in Aix-en-Provence , as well as Provencal language and literature with Emile Ripert . He graduated with a license, did military service in Madagascar and became a high school teacher for French in Morocco, then for French and Provençal in Toulon . He was the editor of La Targo magazine . Revue bilingue de la Provence (1962 ff) and founded the association 'L'Astrado prouvençalo' in Toulon in 1965 to support the Provencal language with a publishing house and distance learning courses for learning the language (today in Berre-l'Étang ). Bayle emphasized the independence of Provençal from the other Occitan languages . He wrote poetry and prose in the Provencal language and wrote a number of linguistic works.

Works

Literary works

  • Alba. Pouèmo = Alba. Poèmes, foreword by Emile Ripert , Marseille 1928
  • Les chavanes. Roman, Avignon 1952
  • Plagues. Poèmes, Avignon 1957
  • Contes de la mer et des îles, foreword by Henri Bosco , Paris 1959 (Provencal: Conte de la mar e dis isclo, Toulon 1961)
  • Les dieux et leurs ombres, Neuchâtel 1964
  • (Translator) Josep Carner, Encís de Provença. Enmascacioun de la Prouvènço. "Charme de la Provence". Tèste catalan. Traducioun prouvençalo de Louis Bayle. Traducioun franceso d ' Emilie Noulet , Toulon 1966
  • Rimo pauro = Rimes pauvres, Toulon 1969
  • Aièr e deman. Contes d'hier et de demain, 2 vols., Toulon 1970
  • Solitudes, Toulon 1976
  • Lis Orto de setembre, Toulon 1977
  • Cleanor (e) demos. Dos peço antico per lou tems d'aro / Deux pièces antiques pour les temps présents, Toulon 1978
  • Teatre per uno oumbro, Toulon 1979

Scientific and educational works

  • Grandeur de Mistral. Essai de critique littéraire, 2nd edition, Toulon 1964
  • Grammaire provençale, Toulon 1967, 1971, 1975, 1980
  • Histoire abrégée de la littérature provençale modern, Toulon 1971; (with Michel Courty) Berre l'Etang 1995
  • (Ed.) Manuel du provençal au baccalauréat, Toulon 1972
  • Traité de versification provençale, Toulon 1973
  • Procès de l'occitanisme, Toulon 1975
  • Considérations sur le Félibrige, Toulon 1977
  • Grammaire du provençal modern à l'usage des classes, Toulon 1982
  • Traité élémentaire d'orthographe occitane, Toulon 1982
  • Les verbes provençaux et leur conjugaison, Toulon 1984 (exhaustive description of the Provencal verbs)

literature

  • Jean Fourié, Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue d'oc de 1800 à nos jours, 2nd edition, Aix-en-Provence 2009 sv
  • Michel Courty, Anthologie de la littérature provençale moderne, Berre l'Etang 1997, pp. 143–147
  • Dictionnaire des littératures, ed. by Jacques Demougin, Paris 1985 sv

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personal data
SURNAME Bayle, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author, Romanist, Provençalist and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Bazas
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1989
Place of death Toulon