Simin Palay
Simin Palay (* 1874 in Casteide-Doat , Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques ; † 1965 in Gelos , Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was a French writer of the Occitan language , Romanist , Occitanist and lexicographer .
life and work
Maximin Palay, called Simin Palay, wrote numerous works in all literary genres as an autodidact in the Gascon language of his homeland. He was co-founder of Escòle Gaston Febus and from 1923 its director. He was Majoral des Félibrige (1920) and Knight of the Legion of Honor . His bust is in Pau .
Palay's dictionary is significant: Dictionnaire du béarnais et du gascon modern (bassin de l'Adour), embrassant les dialectes du Béarn, de la Bigorre, du Gers, des Landes et de la Gascogne maritime . Avec la collaboration des libres de l'escole Gaston-Febus, 2 vol., Pau 1932 [1910-1934] (new edition and T. Dictionnaire du béarnais et du gascon modern (Bassin aquitain), embrassant les dialectes du Béarn, de la Bigorre , du Gers, des Landes et de la Gascogne maritime et garonnaise , Paris 1963, 1011 pages; with Supplément, Paris 1974, 1039 pages; 3rd edition, Paris 1980, 1991, 1053 pages).
literature
- Jean-Pierre Birabent, Simin Palay (1874-1965), Vic-en-Bigorre 2010 (Diss. University of Pau 2001, ud T. L'itinéraire d'un félibre: Simin Palay (1874-1965))
Web links
- Literature by and about Simin Palay in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palay, Simin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palay, Maximin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Occitan writer, Romance philologist, Occitanist and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casteide-Doat |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |
| Place of death | Gelos |