Pierre Bec
French
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Pierre Bec
Pierre Bec (in Occitan Pèire Bèc 11 December 1921 – 30 June 2014) was a French Occitan language poet and linguist. Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Comminges, where he learnt Occitan. He was deported to Germany between 1943 and 1945. After returning, he studied in Paris, where he graduated in 1959. He was one of the founders of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans (Institute for Occitan Studies, IEO), and its president as well from 1962 to 1980.