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Bernard Manciet (Sabers, 1923 - Mount-with-Marsan, June 3rd 2005) is a poet originating in the Landes and one of the most important Gascon authors of the 20th century.

Its life

At the public school of Sabers, then with the small college of Talence where it spends three years happy in his uncles cleaned to learn Latin and the Greek, and finally with the Montaigne college of Bordeaux where it passes the vat one Sunday of June 1940, it forges this incredible scholarship of which it did not like that one speaks but who impregnated least conversations with him. Gathered by the storm of the war, it makes studies of letters and political sciences with Paris before entering the “career”.

Here the thus diplomatic one near Koenig, High-Commissioner in Germany at the time of the rebuilding of the German state. Here also with the Lawsuit of Nuremberg. Beside the lawsuit, as he said. In 1955, it continues its diplomatic career which leads it a few months to the Brésil then in Montevideo in Uruguay. It will keep an acute geopolitical glance of it. It returns to Sabers to marry, to have five children and to manage the company of its in-laws, which went bankrupt later ten years.

It animated the review Òc and however refused to enter the play of the nationalists occitans even if it maintained the friendly relations with Robert Lafont and max Rouquette.

Its work

Poet, novelist, dramatic author, essay writer, literary director of review, painter… Bernard Manciet also went up on scene to say his poetry, it took part in spectacles with Bernard Lubat in Uzeste.

In 1972 already, Rene Nelli wrote in this connection in the anthology in bilingual edition poetry occitane appeared with the Seghers editions: “an overall study on the work of Manciet will not be made wait a long time. Perhaps it will make it possible to better encircle this “monster” of originality, whose ceaseless verbal renewal and the interior lyric gushing do not owe anything with the literary latest fashions Paris. Between Rene Tank and Low Sunday, Bernard Manciet is certainly one of the large poets - ignored - modern Europe. ”

Works

Bernard Manciet wrote a fertile work, including/understanding masterpieces:

the triangle of the Moors , Arthaud editions, 1981, and Editions In 8 (Greenhouses-Morlaàs), 2005 new corrected edition
Enterrament has Sabers" , Ultreïa Editions, Garein (Moors), 1989 and Editions Mollat, 1996

Accidents , I.E.O. (Institute of studies occitanes), 1955 and Éditions Escampette, Bordeaux, 1999

the Young man of November/Lo Gojat of noveme" , Editions Reclams/Escòla Gaston Febus, Pau, 1995 and Edicions Reclams, Pau 2003
the Emigrants or Iphigénie in front of the station Hòra-trèits O davant Ifigenia parked it, Éditions Escampette, Bordeaux, 1999
Cobalt , Editions Em quadrats, Bagnères de Bigorre, 2002
Again Cordoue/'Cordoa will enqüèra , Editions Em quadrats, Bagnères de Bigorre, 2004
Casaus perduts , novelas, Edicions Reclams, 2005
lost Jardins , Escampette Editions, 2005
the murmurs of the evil , Escampette Editions, 2006
Lo Brèc , poèma, Edicions Reclams, 2006

External bonds

On Poezibao

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