Jean Brunet

Jean Brunet (27 December 1822 – 23 October 1894) was a French Provençal poet.

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

Early life

Brunet was born on 27 December 1822 in Avignon, in Provence, France.[1][2]

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.[3]

He published collections of poems and sayings in Provençal.[1] His first poems were published in the French literary journal entitled Musée des familles in 1867.[4]

Personal life

He was married to Cécile Brunet.[5] Stéphane Mallarmé, who was friends with the Brunets, wrote a poem entitled Sainte about her.[5]

Death

He died on 23 October 1894 in Avignon.[1][2]

References
  1. Avignon Visitor Center: Les personnages célèbres d'Avignon
  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. Emilie Noulet, Dix poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 1948, pp. 36-38


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