Alphonse Tavan
Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet.
Alphonse Tavan
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- Name
- Alphonse Tavan
- Born
- 9 March 1833
- Birthplace
- Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Occupation
- Poet
- Full name
- Pierre Alphonse Tavan.
- Nationality
- France.
- Movements
- Félibrige.
- Honours
- master of the joyful knowledge of the Félibrige.
- Languages
- French and Occitan.
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Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet.
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• Name — Alphonse Tavan • Born — 9 March 1833 • Birthplace — Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Died — 9 March 1833 • Place of death — Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Occupation — Poet
Early life
Early life
Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
Career
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. 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. • Illustration — Bust in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
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Death
He died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
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Alphonse Tavan was born at Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
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Alphonse Tavan died at Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
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Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
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His bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne. The Collège Alphonse Tavan, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.
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