- Joseph Roumanille
Joseph Roumanille (
August 8 ,1818 -May 24 ,1891 ) was a Provenal poet. He was born atSaint-Rémy-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône ), and is commonly known in southernFrance as the father of theFélibrige , for he first conceived the idea of raising hisregional language to the dignity of aliterary language .Biography
Joseph Roumanille was the son of Jean-Denis Roumanille and Pierrette Piquet. He studied at the nearby "
collège " (junior highschool) ofTarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) from 1834. After working as "clerc de notaire" in the same town from 1836 to 1839, Roumanille published his first verses in the "Écho du Rhône ". He then worked as a teacher inNyons (Drôme ), and later at the Dupuy "collège" inAvignon . When Roumanille was a teacher at Avignon, he discovered the genius ofFrédéric Mistral , one of his pupils, and together they began what later became the Félibrean movement.He married Rose-Anaïs Gras, sister of Provençal poet and novelist Félix Gras.
In 1888, Roumanille succeeded Frédéric Mistral to become 2nd Capoulie of the
Félibrige , an association devoted to theProvençal language andProvençal literature . He died in Avignon in the morning of May 24, 1891. His funerals were held on May 26 in Avignon, and he was buried in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in the same grave as his parents.Works
In 1847 Roumanille published a volume of verse called "Li Marbarideto" and in 1851 another entitled "Li Sounjarello". In 1852 along with Mistral and Anselme Mathieu he edited a collection of Provençal verse called "Li Prouvençalo". In 1853 he wrote a dissertation on Provençal spelling. The complete edition of his works includes "Lis oubreto en vers, Lis oubreto en proso, Li capelan, Li conte prouvençau e li cascareleto, Li nouvé, Lis entarrochin" and "Letters". His writing is of the wholesome, simple sort, adapted to the country folk of the region.
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Provençal literature References
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External links
* [http://www.notreprovence.fr/english/en_writers_roumanille-joseph_life.html Life of Roumanille on Notreprovence.fr]
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