Ives Roqueta (; born 29 February 1936 in Sète, Hérault, died January 4, 2015) 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 (IEO) 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.LAFONT Robèrt (1979) Nani Monsur, Valdériès: Vent Terral.LAFONT Robèrt (1991) Temps tres, coll. Internacional, Perpignan: Trabucaire.MARTÈL Felip (1989b) = MARTEL Philippe, “Un peu d’histoire: bref historique de la revendication occitane, 1978-1988”, Amiras 20 (Mort et résurrection de Monsieur Occitanisme): 11-23
Bibliography Poems L'Escriveire public (The Letter-Writer), 1958 Lo Mal de la tèrra (The Land's Evil), 1958 Roèrgue, si (Yes to Rouergue), 1968 Òda a Sant Afrodisi (An Ode to Saint Aphrodite), 1968 Lo Castèl des cans (The Castle of the Dogs), 1977 Messa pels pòrcs (A Mass for the Pigs), 1970 Los Negres, siam pas sols (Blacks, Let's Not Be Alone), 1972 Lo Fuòc es al cementiri (The Cemetery's on Fire), 1974 Misericòrdia (Mercy), 1986 L'Escritura publica o pas (Letter-Writing or Not), 1988, a collection of poems written between 1972 and 1987
Prose Lo Poèta es una vaca (The Poet Is a Cow), 1967 La Paciéncia (Patience), 1968 Made in France (1970) Lo Trabalh de las mans (Handmade), 1977 Lengadòc Roge (Red Languedoc), 1984
Essays Los Carbonièrs de La Sala (Decazeville's Miners), 1975 Las Cronicas de Viure (The Chronicles in Viure magazine), 1963–1974
Discography Messa Pels Porcs ("Mass For Pigs"), Institut D'estudis Occitans/Ventadorn I.E.O. S-4 332, 1971
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External links English translation of Tota Lenga