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Côtis-Capel (22 January 1915 – 30 October 1986) was the pen name of Albert Lohier, a Norman language
poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
. He was from
La Hague La Hague () is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Beaumont-Hague (the seat), Acqueville, Auderville, Biville, Branville-Hague, ...
and wrote in the Haguais dialect of
Cotentinais Cotentinais is the dialect of the Norman language spoken in the Cotentin Peninsula of France. It is one of the strongest dialects of the language on the mainland. Dialects Due to the relative lack of standardisation of Norman, there are five ...
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Bibliography

* Poetry collections ** ''Rocâles'' (1951), ** ''À Gravage'' (1965), prix littéraire du Cotentin ** ''Raz-Bannes'' (1970), ** ''Graund Caté'' (1985), ** ''Les Côtis'' (1985). * Posthumous novel ** ''Ganache lé vuus péqueus'' (1987). Certain of his poems have been set to music by the group Magène. Norman-language poets Norman-language writers French male poets {{France-poet-stub