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Félibrige
The ''Félibrige'' (; in classical Occitan, in Mistralian spelling, ) is a literary and cultural association founded in 1854 by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Occitan language (also called the ) and literature. It is presided over by a (classical norm: ). The name possibly derives from an apocryphal Provençal story of Christ disputing in the temple with the seven doctors ét félibreof law. Etymology The word '' félibrige'' is derived from '' félibre'', word of unclear origin. Origins Le Félibrige was founded at the Château de Font-Ségugne (located in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse) on 21 May 1854 ( Saint Estelle's day), by seven young Provençal poets: Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu, Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille and Alphonse Tavan. Together, they aimed to restore the Provençal language and codify its orthography. Its symbol is a seven-pointed star which, as Frederic Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brémonde De Tarascon
Alexandrine Élisabeth Brémond (28 October 1858 – 22 June 1898), known as Brémonde de Tarascon (in French) or Bremoundo de Tarascoun (in Occitan), was a well known poet from the south of France who wrote in the Occitan language. She was a member of the Félibrige, a society that tried to preserve the language and its literature. Life Alexandrine Élisabeth Brémond was born in Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, on 28 October 1858. Her parents were Alexandre Brémond and Henriette Reynier. They owned and cultivated a farm in Trébon, near Arles, and soon after her birth acquired the Darbousille farm at Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also near Arles. She grew up in modest circumstances. Alexandrine began writing poetry in Provençal under the pseudonym "Brémonde de Tarascon", or "Bremoundo de Tarascouno" in Provençal, and would become one of the best known Provençal poets of her day. In 1885, Brémonde de Tarascon was awarded the prize for poetry at the Grand Jo Flourau dou Fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occitania
Occitania is the historical region in Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes used as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of the southern third of France (except the French Basque Country and French Catalonia) as well as part of Spain ( Aran Valley), Monaco, and parts of Italy ( Occitan Valleys). Occitania has been recognized as a linguistic and cultural concept since the Middle Ages. The territory was united in Roman times as the '' Seven Provinces'' () and in the Early Middle Ages (''Aquitanica'' or the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse, or the share of Louis the Pious following Thionville ''divisio regnorum'' in 806). Currently, the region has a population of 16 million, and between 200,000 and 800,000Fabrice BERNISSAN (2012). "Combien l'occitan compte de locuteurs en 2012 ?", ''Revue de Linguistique Romane'', 76 (12/2011-07/2012), pp. 467-512« De fait, le nombre des locuteurs de l� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Mistral
Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; , 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". Mistral was a founding member of the Félibrige and member of the Académie de Marseille. His name in his native language was Frederi Mistral (Mistrau) according to the Mistralian orthography, or Frederic Mistral (or Mistrau) according to the classical orthography. Mistral's fame was owing in part to Alphonse de Lamartine who sang his praises in the 40th edition of his periodical ''Cours familier de littérature'', following the publication of Mistral's long poem '' Mirèio''. Alphonse Daudet, with whom he maintained a long friendship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Font-Ségugne
The Château de Font-Ségugne is a historic château built at Font-Ségugne in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Provence, France. It is the location of a former bastide built in the 15th century for a Roman Catholic cardinal. It was the birthplace of the ''Félibrige'' in the 1850s. Nowadays, it is a winery. Location It is located on the Cancabèu (Campbeau) plateau in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Provence, Southern France. History 15th-century house In the 15th century, a bastide was built for an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.Maurice Pezet, ''Le Ventoux et le comtat venaissin'', Fernand Lanore, Paris, 1977, p. 2/ref> It later belonged to the Dukes of Gadagne.Cinquantenaire de Font-Ségugne |
Jean Brunet
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 Provence, France.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/ref> Career On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Alphonse Tavan, 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'' in 1867. 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 Stéphane Mallarmé ( , ; ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 raising his regional language to the dignity of a literary language. Biography Joseph Roumanille was the son of Jean-Denis Roumanille and Pierrette Piquet. He studied at the nearby ''collège'' (junior highschool) of Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) from 1834. After working as ''clerc de notaire'' in the same town from 1836 to 1839, Roumanille published his first verses in the '' Écho du Rhône''. He then worked as a teacher in Nyons (Drôme), and later at the Dupuy ''collège'' in Avignon. When Roumanille was a teacher at Avignon, he discovered the genius of Frédéric Mistral, one of his pupils, and together they began what later became the Félibrean movement. He married Rose-Anaïs Gras, sister of Provençal poet and novelist Félix Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mange
Joseph Julien Casimir Mange, known as José Mange (10 October 1866, Toulon – 7 January 1935, Toulon) was a French Impressionist landscape painter and Occitan poet who was a member of the Félibrige. Biography From 1876 to 1886, he was a student at the Catholic College of Aix-en-Provence, where he met Paul Cézanne during a visit to the Musée Granet and decided to take up art. Accordingly, he moved to Paris, taking lessons from Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin-Constant. While there, he met with old friends from College at the Café Procope and their mutual admiration for Frédéric Mistral led him to join the Parisian branch of the Félibrige. In 1892, together with Charles Maurras, he founded the "Escolo Parisienco", devoted to assisting young people from Occitania who had left their families to seek fame and fortune in Paris. The following year, he had his first showing at the "Salon des Indépendants" and, in 1894, set up his first small studio with a friend. In 1900, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occitan Language
Occitan (; ), also known by its native speakers as (; ), sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania. It is also spoken in Calabria ( Southern Italy) in a linguistic enclave of Cosenza area (mostly Guardia Piemontese) named Gardiol, which is also considered a separate Occitanic language. Some include Catalan as a dialect of Occitan, as the linguistic distance between this language and some Occitan dialects (such as the Gascon language) is similar to the distance between different Occitan dialects. Catalan was considered a dialect of Occitan until the end of the 19th century and still today remains its closest relative. Occitan is an official language of Catalonia, Spain, where a subdialect of Gascon known as Aranese is spoken (in the Val d'Aran). Since September 2010, the Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anselme Mathieu
Anselme Mathieu (21 April 1828 – 8 February 1895) was a French Provençal poet. Early life Anselme Mathieu was born 21 April 1828 in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. His parents were the fourth-generation owners of the Domaine Mathieu, a vineyard still in operation today.Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Domaine Mathieu Poetry Mathieu was a Provençal poet. He published poems in '' Armana prouvençau'' under the pseudonym of Félibre di Poutoun. On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Tavan
Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet. Early life Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne. He published a collection of romantic poems in Provençal, ''Amour e plour'', in 1876. He attended the fiftieth anniversary of the Félibrige on 22 May 1904 with Mistral; all the other co-founders had died. Death He died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne. Legacy His bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne. The ''Collège Alphonse Tavan'', a secondary school in Avignon Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ..., is named in his honour. References 1833 births 1905 deaths 19th-century French poets French male poets People from Vaucluse 20th-century French poets 19th-century French male writers 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. History The ''Félibrige'' was founded in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, at Font-Ségugne, in 1854. Geography Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne is located 12 km (7.4 mi) east of Avignon. It is served by Gadagne station (opened in 1868) on the line from Avignon to Miramas. Population File:Chateauneuf de Gadagne 5 by JM Rosier.jpg, Fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, with a bust of native Alphonse Tavan, one of the co-founders of the ''Félibrige''. File:Chateauneuf de Gadagne 3 by JM Rosier.jpg, Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste International relations Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne is twinned with: * Perroy, Switzerland See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
