Alphonse Tavan | |
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 Alphonse Tavan in 1897 | |
| Born | 9 March 1833 |
| Died | 12 May 1905(1905-05-12) (aged 72) Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Occupation | Poet |
Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet.
Early life
Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.1
Career
On 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
He died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.1
Legacy
His bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
The Collège Alphonse Tavan, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.3
References
References
- 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