| Anselme Mathieu | |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1828 |
| Birth Place: | Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Occupation: | Poet |
Anselme Mathieu (21 April 1828 – 8 February 1895) was a French Provençal poet.
Anselme Mathieu was born 21 April 1828 in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.[1] [2] [3] His parents were the fourth-generation owners of the Domaine Mathieu, a vineyard still in operation today.[2] [4]
Mathieu was a Provençal poet.[1] He published poems in Armana prouvençau under the pseudonym of Félibre di Poutoun.[2]
On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra and Alphonse Tavan.[2] [4]
He published La Farandole, a collection of poems, in 1862.[2] Mistral contributed the foreword.[2]
Mathieu introduced the co-founders of the Félibrige to the red wine produced by his family vineyard.[2] Moreover, he introduced it to Alphonse Daudet, another writer from Provence, who called it, "royal, imperial, pontifical."[2]
Additionally, Mathieu introduced Alexandre Dumas and Alphonse de Lamartine, two writers from Paris, to this wine.[2]
He died on 8 February 1895.[1] [3]