 Joan Bodon

Joan Bodon (), who was born in Crespin, Aveyron, Occitania (France) on December 11, 1920 and died on February 24, 1975 in Algeria, is an author who wrote exclusively in Occitan although he is credited as being called "Jean Boudou" in the French translations of his works.His mother was a "contaira", or storyteller, from Rouergue (and distant relative of Honoré de Balzac) and paved the way for his love and frequent use of traditional Langue d'Oc tales and figures.