Armand Lunel

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Armand Lunel (10 June 1892-1977) was a French writer and the last known speaker of Shuadit (Judeo-Provençal), a now-extinct Occitan language. He was a childhood friend of Darius Milhaud, and wrote the librettos of the Milhuad's operas Esther de Carpentras ("Esther of Carpentras," 1938, based on Shuadit folklore) and Les malheurs d’Orphée ("The Misfortunes of Orpheus," 1924). Lunel was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, to a family that belonged to a Jewish subculture that had roots in the area for at least five centuries. After coming of age in the region, Lunel taught law and philosophy in Monaco. Lunel wrote extensively about the Jews of Provençal.

[edit] Bibliography

• L'imagerie du cordier, La Nouvelle Revue Française, Paris, 1924.
• Nicolo-Peccavi ou L'affaire Dreyfus à Carpentras, Gallimard, Paris, 1926.
• Le balai de sorcière, Gallimard, Paris, 1935.
• Jérusalem à Carpentras, Gallimard, 1937.
• Les amandes d'Aix, Gallimard, Paris, 1949.
• La belle à la fontaine, A. Fayard, Paris, 1959.
• J'ai vu vivre la Provence, A. Fayard, Paris, 1962.
• Juifs du Languedoc, de la Provence et des États français du Pape, Albin Michel, Paris, 1975.
• Les chemins de mon judaïsme et divers inédits, presented by Georges Jessula, L'Harmattan, Paris, 1993.

[edit] References

• Armand Lunel at Beit Hatefutsot, the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Ramat Aviv, Israel