Jean Brunet Explained

Jean Brunet
Birth Date:27 December 1822
Birth Place:Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Death Place:Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Occupation:Poet
Spouse:Cécile Brunet

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.avignon.fr/fr/culture/histoire/celebre.php 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 https://books.google.com/books?id=0pkzAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jean+brunet%22+poete
  3. 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
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=6bM_AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22jean+brunet%22+poete&pg=PA188 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 https://books.google.com/books?id=w6NMRm-yOYcC&dq=%22jean+brunet%22+poete&pg=PA37