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

Jean Brunet
Born27 December 1822
Died24 October 1894(1894-10-24) (aged 71)
Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
OccupationPoet
SpouseCécile Brunet

Early life

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Brunet was born on 27 December 1822 in Avignon, in Provence, France.[1][2]

Career

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On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Alphonse Tavan, Paul Giéra and Anselme Mathieu.[3]

He published collections of poems and sayings in Provençal.[1] His first poems were published in the French literary journal entitled Musée des familles in 1867.[4]

Personal life

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He was married to Cécile Brunet.[5] Stéphane Mallarmé, who was friends with the Brunets, wrote a poem entitled Sainte about her.[5]

Death

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He died on 23 October 1894 in Avignon.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Avignon Visitor Center: Les personnages célèbres d'Avignon". Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b 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. 208-211 [1]
  3. ^ Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter 7 [2]
  4. ^ Musée des familles: Lectures du soir, 1867, Volume 34, p. 188
  5. ^ a b Emilie Noulet, Dix poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 1948, pp. 36-38 [3]