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
Li Graio negro / Les Corneilles noires (1954)
Cants de l'estre fòu / Chants de l'être fou (1957)
Miegterrana / Méditerranée (1957)
Memòria de la carn, seguit de Auba / Mémoire de la chair, suivi de Aube (1960)
Auceus de l'ivern / Oiseaux de l'hiver (1960)
Galina blanca e marrit can / Poule blanche et chien méchant (1968)
Balada per Lili Fòng / Ballade pour Lilly Phong (1969)
Cronicas dau rèire-jorn / Chroniques à contre-jour (1978)
Sièu un païs / Je suis un Pays (1980)
Cants de nòstrei pòbles encabestrats / Chants de nos peuples enchevêtrés (1985)
Pouèmo de la Clarenciero I / Poèmes de la Clarencière (I) (1989)
Sesoun de guerro / Saison de guerre (1991)
Tres balado / Trois ballades (1993)
La nuech fendasclada / La nuit pourfendue (1994)
Entre Gascogne et Provence – Itinéraire en lettres d'Oc (1994)
Pouèmo de la Clarenciero II / Poèmes de la Clarencière (II) (1998)
Suito pèr uno eternita / Suite pour une éternité (2002)