Literature · 1830–1914
Born: 8 September 1830 · Died: 25 March 1914 · Age at death: 83
Frédéric Mistral died aged 83. He was born on 8 September 1830 and died on 25 March 1914.
Provençal poet of Mirèio who led the revival of the Occitan language and shared the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature
Did you know?He spent two decades compiling a massive dictionary of the Provençal language to preserve his regional heritage.
Frédéric Mistral spent his life saving the language of Provence. In the 19th century, Provençal was fading as French spread through schools and cities. In 1854 he and six other poets founded the Félibrige to revive it. His long poem Mirèio, a tragic love story set among farm workers, won praise across France. He then spent about 20 years compiling a huge Provençal dictionary. He shared the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature. He used the prize money to create a museum of Provençal life in Arles that still exists.
Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (French:; Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language.
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French poet, 1830–1914
Frédéric Mistral was born in Maillane on 8 September 1830.
He co-founded the Félibrige in 1854.
Mirèio appeared in 1859.
He shared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904.
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Did you know?He used his Nobel money for a museum in Arles.
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