Pierre Bec, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Bec

French writer

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1921

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2014

Profession: writer, poet, university teacher, academic, philologist, linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 IEO or Institut d'Estudis Occitans (Institute of Occitan Studies) as well as its president from 1962 to 1980.