Raymond Vautherin ( La Thuile, 18 September 1935 –

Aymavilles Aymavilles ( Valdôtain: ') is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. The Roman aqueduct bridge Pont d'Aël The Pont d'Aël is a Roman aqueduct located in a village of the same name in the comune of Aymavill ...

, 11 February 2018) was a French-speaking Italian linguist, poet and playwright. He wrote plays and poetry in

Valdôtain dialect Valdôtain (; local dialect: ''Valdotèn'', ''Valdŏtèn'', ''Valdouhtan'') is a dialect of Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) spoken in the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is commonly known as ''patois'' or ''patoué''. Diffusion The Aosta Valley repres ...

Early life

Raymond Vautherin was born on 18 September 1935 in La Thuile. After his father died, he moved to Pont d'Aël,

Career

Vautherin wrote poetry in

, locally called ''patois'', from the

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. As a member of the ''Comité des Traditions Valdôtaines'', he authored several plays in this patois and revived ''Charaban'', the local theatre company in ''patois''. He also translated the '' Book of Proverbs'' and ''

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'' into ''patois''. From 1975 to his death, he was the editor-in-chief of ''Lo Flambò'', the official magazine of the committee. He was also a member of the Valdotainian academic society ''Académie Saint-Anselme''.

Death

Vautherin died on 11 February 2018 in

Selected works

*''Adjeu poésia'' (1957) *''Lo Cardeleun'' (1959)

References

1935 births 2018 deaths People from Savoie People from Aosta Valley French emigrants to Italy Linguists from France Linguists from Italy 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 21st-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian dramatists and playwrights {{Italy-linguist-stub