Serge Bec
BornAugust 27, 1933
Cavaillon, France
DiedFebruary 27, 2021(2021-02-27) (aged 87)
Apt, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationPoet

Serge Bec (August 27, 1933 – February 27, 2021) was a French poet, journalist, writer, and art critic.[1]

Biography

Bec was born in Cavaillon and spent his childhood in Apt at the family flour mill. He attended Aix-Marseille University and the École supérieure de journalisme. After he completed his military service in Algeria, he became a journalist and art critic for Agence France-Presse. He served as Deputy Mayor of Culture of Apt from 1977 to 1983, and subsequently became director of the Luberon Regional Nature Park. In 1977, he became Editor-in-Chief of the journal Le Pays d’Apt.[2] In 2009, he became Majoral of Félibrige.

Serge Bec died in Apt on February 27, 2021, at the age of 88.[3]

Works

Poetry

Novels

Photographic Books

Guidebooks to Provence

Songs and Recordings

Bec's poems were adapted into songs by René Sette.[5] He also recorded his poems for Trésors d'Occitanie.[6]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Bec, Serge (1933–2021)". BnF Catalogue général (in French).
  2. ^ "Serge Bec". Agence régional du livre (in French). Archived from the original on December 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Le grand poète occitan Serge Bec vient de nous quitter". Le journal du Gens (in French). March 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Bec, Serge (2008). Femna mon amor. Toulouse, France: Letras d'òc. ISBN 978-2-916718-12-5.
  5. ^ ""Un homme a traversé le monde", Projet musical sur la poésie de Serge Bec". Renat Sette (in French). November 25, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "Trésors d'Occitanie Serge Bec". Amazon. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Lauréat du Grand Prix Littéraire de Provence 2006". Association Culturelle Provençale de Ventabren en Pays d'Aix (in French). March 20, 2006.
  8. ^ "Journée d'étude consacrée au poète occitan Serge Bec". Calenda (in French). February 10, 2009.
  9. ^ "Colloque Serge Bec". Cardabelle (in French). April 3, 2009. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012.
  10. ^ "Inauguration de la médiathèque "La Halle aux Grains"". Médiathèque d'Apt (in French). October 2010.
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