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Born | 28 August 1927 Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrénées-Orientales, France |
Died | 5 September 2021 Elne, France |
Pen name | Renada-Laura Portet |
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Language | Catalan |
Alma mater | University of Montpellier |
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Renada-Laura Portet was the pen name of Renada-Laura Calmon-Ouillet (28 August 1927 – 5 September 2021) a Northern Catalonia writer and linguist of Occitania origin. She was one of the most important literary voices in Northern Catalonia. Portet cultivated the genres of poetry, short story, novel, drama, and essays, as well as scientific or research writing on topics such as linguistics, toponymy, or onomastics. She used several other pseudonyms including, "Caterina Martí", "Isabel Rosselló", "Vicenta Pallarès", "Toni Vidaló" and "Ramon Oliver". [1]
Renada-Laura Calmon-Ouillet was born in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, 28 August 1927. [2]
She earned a degree in Romance Letters and Languages from the University of Montpellier. Portet's doctoral studies were in Romance philology. [1]
Portet lived in exile in Algeria for four years and in Poitiers for twelve. [1]
Portet worked as a high school and university teacher. This included her work in the Catalan program of the University of Trier (Germany) and West Virginia University (USA), and the French program of the University of Pennsylvania (USA). [1]
Portet was the author of many poetry collections, in addition to a large number of books in prose, and short story collections. She produced at least two books focused on her specialization in toponymy and onomastic. [2] She published stories and poems in local magazines as well as Catalan onomastic research articles. As a poet, short story writer, or novelist, she appeared in seven university anthologies in the United States, Italy, France, Catalonia, and Germany, such as Moderne katalanische Erzahlungen/Contes catalans moderns (Bonn: Romanistischer Verlag, 1988). [3]
In 1991, the filmmaker-author Robert Guisset made a literary film portrait entitled Renada'Song dedicated to the author. [1]
Renada-Laura Calmon-Ouillet died in Elne, 5 September 2021. [2]