What is Pierre Bec?
'''Pierre Bec''' ({{Lang-oc|Pèire Bèc}}; 11 December 1921 &ndash; 30 June 2014) was a [[French people|French]] [[poet]] and [[linguist]] of the [[Occitan language]]. He was one of the [[founder]]s of the [[Institut d'Estudis Occitans]] (''Institute for Occitan studies'', IEO). He was also its [[president]] as well from 1962 to 1980. Bec's [[literature]] works were ''Petite anthologie de la lyrique occitane du Moyen Âge'' (1954), ''Les saluts d'amour du troubadour Arnaud de Mareuil'' (1961), ''La langue occitane'' (1963) and ''Raconte d’una mort tranquilla'' (1993). Meanwhile, his [[linguistics]] works included ''Manuel pratique d'occitan moderne'' (1973&ndash;1983) and ''Les Interférences linguistiques entre gascon et languedocien dans les parlers du Comminges et du Couserans'' (1968). Bec was born in [[Paris]]. He spent his childhood in [[Comminges]], where he learnt Occitan. He was deported to [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] between 1943 and 1945. After returning, he studied in Paris, where he graduated in 1959. Bec died on 30 June 2014 in [[Poitiers]], aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/Llengcat/menuitem.21576464db9e81e7a129d410b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=035748a344371110VgnVCM1000000b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=035748a344371110VgnVCM1000000b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=detall&contentid=f6ec57aa141f6410VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD|title=Mor l'occitanista Pèire Bèc|publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|date=1 July 2014|accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bec, Pierre}} [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:French poets]] [[Category:French linguists]] [[Category:French translators]] [[Category:Academics of Paris universities]] {{Authority control}} {{Bio-stub}}