Antonin Perbòsc
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Antonin Perbòsc was a poet from Occitania
. He was born in Labarthe
, Tarn-et-Garonne
in 1861 and died in 1944 in Montauban
. His first job was as a primary school teacher in Comberouger
, a small town 30km off Montauban, and later in Loze
, near Villefranche-de-Rouergue
. He'd teach his pupils about the region's traditions and cultural heritage and even formed a society for the more eager among them. The so-called societat tradicionista gathered 51 schoolgoers, both male and female, between 1900 and 1908.
The members of this club had a mission of collecting the oral patrimony around them, in other words all the Occitan songs, sayings, proverbs and tales they could come across where they lived. They'd then write them down without changing a single word. The younger pupils, who couldn't write yet, would tell what they heard and their older schoolmates would do the writing part for them. Perbòsc's innovative work was noted by folk specialists at the 1900 Congrès des traditions populaires in Paris
. The tales told by the children were phonetically transcribed so as to respect the local accents and intonations, which still gave rise to tensions both with Provençal and Gascon
activists who had their own views on how to better spell Occitan. These works can no longer be found.
Perbòsc also wrote poems, in magnificent style, which inspiration for he found in popular traditions.
Occitania
Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...
. He was born in Labarthe
Labarthe, Tarn-et-Garonne
Labarthe is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.-Geography:The town is located along the Upper Quercy , bordering with the department of Lot on Lupte and Lemboulas....
, Tarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne is a French department in the southwest of France. It is traversed by the Rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name.-History:...
in 1861 and died in 1944 in Montauban
Montauban
Montauban is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse....
. His first job was as a primary school teacher in Comberouger
Comberouger
Comberouger is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.-References:*...
, a small town 30km off Montauban, and later in Loze
Loze
Loze is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.-References:*...
, near Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.-History:At the end of the Albigensian Crusade from the northern "barons" against the southern Occitania on a religious pretext , the Count of Toulouse was defeated and concluded the treaty of Paris in 1229...
. He'd teach his pupils about the region's traditions and cultural heritage and even formed a society for the more eager among them. The so-called societat tradicionista gathered 51 schoolgoers, both male and female, between 1900 and 1908.
The members of this club had a mission of collecting the oral patrimony around them, in other words all the Occitan songs, sayings, proverbs and tales they could come across where they lived. They'd then write them down without changing a single word. The younger pupils, who couldn't write yet, would tell what they heard and their older schoolmates would do the writing part for them. Perbòsc's innovative work was noted by folk specialists at the 1900 Congrès des traditions populaires in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. The tales told by the children were phonetically transcribed so as to respect the local accents and intonations, which still gave rise to tensions both with Provençal and Gascon
Gascony
Gascony is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution. The region is vaguely defined and the distinction between Guyenne and Gascony is unclear; sometimes they are considered to overlap, and sometimes Gascony is considered a...
activists who had their own views on how to better spell Occitan. These works can no longer be found.
Perbòsc also wrote poems, in magnificent style, which inspiration for he found in popular traditions.
Works
- Remembransas (Memories) (1902)
- Lo got occitan (The Occitan Glass) (1903)
- Fòc nòu (New Fire) (1904)
- L'arada (The Field) (1906)
- Guilhem de Toloza (Guilhem of ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
) (1908) - Lo libre dels ausèls (The Book of Birds) (1924)
- Psophos (1925)
- Les langues de France à l’école (The Languages of France at School), a study (1926)
- Segond libre dels ausèls (The Second Book of Birds) (1930)
- Fablèls (The Fable Books) (1936)
- Lo libre del campèstre (The Country Book)
- Contes Atal (Tales Like These) (2007)