Ives Roqueta
Ives Roqueta was an Occitan author. He played a major role in the country's political and cultural movement. Roqueta was the president of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans for a number of years and his brother Joan, better known as, is also a writer and an Occitan activist. He founded the Ventadorn record company, which is credited for providing Nòva cançon singers with a media outlet.
Controversy
Roqueta's cultural and political activities were highly controversial. He was regarded by some Occitan activists as a pioneer of his generation and one of the nation's most talented poets and novelists. Others have maintained that he had a negative impact on the Occitan movement during the late 1970s and the 1980s. In particular, his anti-academic positions led to the IEO's split in 1981.
Poems
L'Escriveire public, 1958Lo Mal de la tèrra, 1958Roèrgue, si, 1968Òda a Sant Afrodisi, 1968Lo Castèl des cans, 1977Messa pels pòrcs, 1970Los Negres, siam pas sols, 1972Lo Fuòc es al cementiri, 1974Misericòrdia, 1986L'Escritura publica o pas, 1988, a collection of poems written between 1972 and 1987
Prose
Lo Poèta es una vaca, 1967La Paciéncia, 1968Made in France Lo Trabalh de las mans, 1977Lengadòc Roge, 1984
Essays
Los Carbonièrs de La Sala, 1975Las Cronicas de Viure, 1963–1974
Discography
Messa Pels Porcs, Institut D'estudis Occitans/Ventadorn I.E.O. S-4 332, 1971