 Together with Renat Nelli, Marcela Delpastre, Robèrt Lafont and Max Roqueta, Bodon ranks among the most prominent Occitan writers of the twentieth century.Upon completing his primary school teaching in his native Crespin, Joan Bodon was admitted to "cours complémentaire" in Naucelle in 1932.He began stammering after hearing news of his beloved grandmother's death in 1934 and never recovered from it.