Occitan literature is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France. It was the first literature written in a Romance language and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throug

Joseph Roumanille was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of raising his r