Augièr Galhard
Augièr Galhard was a 16th-century Occitan language writer from western Languedoc.Biography
He was first a wheelwright born in Rabastens in 1540. He then served as a huguenot soldier during the War of Religion under the command of Guillaume de Lherm.
Augièr Galhard was also a rebec player and became an entertainer and thus earn his life both as a soldier and as an artist. Since his carried draw him to northern France, he also composed poetry in French language.
Galhard finally settle in Bearn, political center of Kingdom of Navarre Calvinist court, where the regent Catherine de Bourbon granted him a private income.Literary work
Occitan critics such as Jean-Baptiste Noulet and Robert Lafont mention three Occitan language books written by Augièr Galhard :
- Las Obras printed in 1579, at first censored.
- Lo libre gràs printed 1581 censored for being obscene, with no known remaining edition.
- Lo banquet
