Jean Brunet

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

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. Stéphane Mallarmé, who was friends with the Brunets, wrote a poem entitled Sainte about her.

Death

He died on 23 October 1894 in Avignon.

References

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