Renada-Laura Portet

Renada-Laura Calmon-Ouillet
Portet in 2017
Born	28 August 1927 Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Died	5 September 2021 Elne, France
Pen name	Renada-Laura Portet
Occupation	Writer linguist
Language	Catalan
Alma mater	University of Montpellier
Genre	Poetry prose non-fiction
Subject	linguistics, toponymy, or onomastics
Notable works	Poemes Castell negrey Els noms de lloc del Rosselló L'escletxa Rigau & Rigaud Una dona t'escriu
Notable awards	Creu de Sant Jordi Premi Joan Blanca

Renada-Laura Portet was the pen name of Renada-Laura Calmon-Ouillet (28 August 1927 – 5 September 2021) a Northern Catalonia writer and linguist of Occitania origin. She was one of the most important literary voices in Northern Catalonia. Portet cultivated the genres of poetry, short story, novel, drama, and essays, as well as scientific or research writing on topics such as linguistics, toponymy, or onomastics. She used several other pseudonyms including, "Caterina Martí", "Isabel Rosselló", "Vicenta Pallarès", "Toni Vidaló" and "Ramon Oliver".^[1]