Paul Giéra
Paul Giéra (22 January 1816 – 26 April 1861) was a French Provençal poet.
Also recorded as Paul Giera
Paul Giéra
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- Name
- Paul Giéra
- Born
- 22 January 1816
- Birthplace
- Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Died
- 26 April 1861
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French and Occitan.
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Paul Giéra (22 January 1816 – 26 April 1861) was a French Provençal poet.
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• Name — Paul Giéra • Born — 22 January 1816 • Birthplace — Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Died — 26 April 1861 • Place of death — Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Occupation — Poet
Early life
Early life
Paul Giéra was born on 22 January 1816 in Avignon. His father was Jean Baptiste Joseph Giéra and his mother, Marie Madeleine Marguerite Crillon.
Career
Career
Giéra was the owner of the Château de Font-Ségugne in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne. On 21 May 1854, he invited Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Alphonse Tavan, Jean Brunet and Anselme Mathieu, where they founded the Félibrige movement.
Death
Death
He died on 26 April 1861 in his hometown of Avignon.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the names Glaup, Lou Felibre Ajougui and Pauloun. The authorities additionally record the heading Paul Giera. His recorded languages were French and Occitan.
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1816
Paul Giéra born at Avignon.
1861
Paul Giéra died at Avignon.
Legacy
The Collège Paul Giéra in Avignon was named in his honour. It closed down in 2009 due to lack of public funding. The Gymnase Paul Giéra in Avignon was also named in his honour.
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- 1.Antonin Paul Louis Ange François Giéra, GeneaNet
- 2.Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=IElvBAAAQBAJ&dq=Alphonse+Tavan+provencal&pg=PT112
- 3.Unanimité surprise pour le collège Giéra d'Avignon, Vaucluse Matin, 27/09/2009
- 4.Mappy
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