Tavo Burat

Tavo Burat
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Born Gustavo Buratti Zanchi
(1932-05-22)22 May 1932
Stezzano, Lombardy, Italy
Died 8 December 2009(2009-12-08) (aged 77)
Biella, Piemonte, Italy
Occupation Journalist, writer, ecologist
Known for La Slòira,[1] Centro Studi Fra Dolcino[2]

Tavo Burat (born Gustavo Buratti Zanchi, 22 May 1932 – 8 December 2009) was an Italian Waldensian writer and journalist. Burat spent much of his life defending the Piedmontese language island. Beginning in 1964, Burat was the secretary of an international association that defends languages and cultures threatened with extinction. He specifically focused on defending[3] Piedmontese and Franco-Provençal.

Biography

Born in Stezzano in 1938, he graduated in law with a thesis titled Right in Graubünden. He taught French at a middle school from 1968 to 1994.

He was the founder and first editor of the regional review Slòira and was also an editor of the mountaineering review ALP from 1974 to 2009.

He also pursued an active political career, focussing particularly on ecological issues.

He died in 2009.[4][5][6]

Political and cultural career

Works

In Italian

In Piedmontese

References


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