Marie Rouanet

Marie Rouanet (, ; 26 May 1936 – 25 January 2026) was a French Occitan singer and writer.

Life and career Rouanet was born in Béziers, Hérault in 1936. Her father was a mechanic and she studied to be a school teacher. Since she was very interested in the history and the ethnography of her region, she started to write poems and songs in Occitan and was a member of the so-called Nova Chançon (New Song) along with Patric, Joan-Pau Verdier or Rosina de Pèira. She performed her wedding with Ives Roqueta in Occitan in 1978.

She released records with the company Ventadorn and wrote several books in French.

Rouanet died on 25 January 2026, at the age of 89.

Discography Pica Relòtge, 1973 Cantem Nadal, 1977 Contra corrent la Trocha Nada, 1976 A l'Intrada del Temps clar, 1976 Me soveni..., 1979 Als enfants d'Occitania, 1979 L'eternitat, 1982

Books Occitanie 1970, les poètes de la décolonisation (PJ Oswald, Honfleur, 1971) Dins de patetas rojas (IEO, 1975; Letras d'òc, 2012, ) Apollonie, Reine au coeur du monde (1984) Je ne dois pas toucher les choses du jardin (1993) La Marche lente des glaciers (1994) Nous les filles (1990), memories Du côté des hommes (2001) Luxueuse austérité (2006) Mauvaises nouvelles de la chair (2008) Trésors d'enfance (2009) La Nègre (2010) L’Arpenteur (2012) Murmures pour Jean Hugo (2013) Abécédaire de l'Espérance (2014) Mon rouge Rougier (2015) Territoires sonores (2016) Émerveillements (2022)