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Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French
/ref> 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.
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Provençal
Provençal may refer to:
*Of Provence, a region of France
* Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France
*''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language
*Franco-Provençal language, a distinct Roman ...
poet.
Early life
Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.Alphonse Tavan (1833-1905)Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
Career
On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral,Théodore Aubanel
Théodore Aubanel (Occitan:''Teodòr Aubanèu''; 26 March 1829 – 2 November 1886) was a Provençal poet. He was born in Avignon in a family of printers.
Aubanel started writing poetry in French but quickly switched to Provençal, due to the ...
, 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) p ...
, Paul Giéra
Paul Giéra (22 January 1816 – 26 April 1861) was a French Provençal poet.
Early life
Paul Giéra was born on 22 January 1816 in Avignon.
Death
He died on 26 April 1861 in his hometown of Avignon.
Legacy
The Collège Paul Giéra in Avignon ...
and 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 ...
.Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, ''Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever'', London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter /ref> 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 inAvignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
, is named in his honour.French Ministry of Education: Collège Alphonse Tavan/ref>
References
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