Jean Brunet (27 December 1822 – 23 October 1894) was a French Provençal poet.

Early life

Brunet was born on 27 December 1822 in Avignon, in

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, France.Avignon Visitor Center: Les personnages célèbres d'Avignon
/ref>Charles Pierre Julian, ''Anthologie du Félibrige provençal (1850 à nos jours) poésie : Les fondateurs du Félibrige et les premiers Félibres'', Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1920, pp. 208-21

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Career

On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the

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movement with

Joseph Roumanille Joseph Roumanille (; 8 August 1818 – 24 May 1891) was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of r ...

Frédéric Mistral Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; oc, Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel ...

, Théodore Aubanel,

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, Paul Giéra and Anselme Mathieu. He published collections of poems and sayings in Provençal. His first poems were published in the French literary journal entitled ''

Musée des familles ''Musée des familles'' (''"Museum of Families"'') was an illustrated French literary magazine that was published in Paris from 1833 to 1900. It was founded by Émile de Girardin. Contributors of the magazine included Alexandre Dumas, Théophil ...

'' in 1867.''Musée des familles: Lectures du soir'', 1867, Volume 34, p. 188
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Personal life

He was married to Cécile Brunet.Emilie Noulet, ''Dix poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé'', Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 1948, pp. 36-3

/ref> Stéphane Mallarmé, who was friends with the Brunets, wrote a poem entitled ''Sainte'' about her.

Death

He died on 23 October 1894 in Avignon.

References

1822 births 1894 deaths Writers from Avignon 19th-century French poets French male poets 20th-century French poets 19th-century French male writers 20th-century French male writers {{France-poet-stub