Cyprien Despourrins was an Occitan-language poet from Béarn

Béarn

Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...

 and member of the Bigorre

Bigorre

Bigorre is region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a French province, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of the larger region known as Gascony...

 Parliament born in Accous

Accous

Accous is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France....

 in 1698.

Many of his poems (written in Béarnese dialect) are famous traditional folk songs from Béarn and 17th century opera singer Pierre Jélyotte

Pierre Jélyotte

Pierre Jélyotte was a French operatic tenor, particularly associated with works by Rameau, Lully, Campra, and Destouches.-Life and career:...

 interpreted some of them for the mistress of the King of France Mme de Pompadour and the Royal Court.

Despourrins died in Argelès-Gazost

Argelès-Gazost

Argelès-Gazost is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.The Parc animalier des Pyrénées is located in Argelès-Gazost.-References:*...

 in 1759.

An obelisk dedicated to Despourrins stands in his town of birth, Accous, which carved with two poems written by Occitan-language poets Xavier Navarrot

Xavier Navarrot

Xavier Navarrot was an occitan-language poet from Béarn.He was born near Lucq-de-Béarn in a wealthy family and studies law and medecine in Paris before returning in Béarn where he spent the rest of his life....

 and Jasmin

Jacques Jasmin

Jansemin was an Occitan poet.He was born at Agen, his family name being Boé...

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External links

• Poésie Béarnaise, béarnese anthology that begins with poem from Despourrins