Yves Rabault was born into a peasant family near Niort on November 11, 1911 in Marigny, canton of Beauvoir-sur-Niort, south of Deux-Sèvres. He was 79 years old when he died on September 20, 1990 from pulmonary edema at Royan hospital.

The writings of Yves Rabault, poet and singer, bring back to this Poitevin speaking dear to Rabelais. In his turn, both in the region and in Paris, or throughout France, Yves Rabault, a professional poitevin bard whose career was sketched out in the thirties as an author, will multiply the shows in poitevin and poitevin-saintongeais. , appearances on the radio and records ,. He will write in collaboration with Georges Millandy the playlet “Ydille maraichine” as well as a hymn to the Poitevin marshes, “Le maras fou”. All his works were brought together in a single volume in 1982, “Histouères et chantuseries”.