Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet.
Alphonse Tavan | |
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 Alphonse Tavan in 1897 | |
| Born | 9 March 1833 |
| Died | 12 May 1905 (aged 72) Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Occupation | Poet |
Early life
editTavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.[1]
Career
editOn 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra and Anselme Mathieu.[2]
He published a collection of romantic poems in Provençal, Amour e plour, in 1876.[1]
He attended the fiftieth anniversary of the Félibrige on 22 May 1904 with Mistral; all the other co-founders had died.[1]
Death
editHe died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.[1]
Legacy
editHis bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
The Collège Alphonse Tavan, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.[3]
References
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- ^ a b c d Alphonse Tavan (1833-1905), Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ^ Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter 7 [1]
- ^ French Ministry of Education: Collège Alphonse Tavan[permanent dead link]
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