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.
Brunet was born on 27 December 1822 in Avignon, in Provence, France.[1] [2]
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]
He was married to Cécile Brunet.[5] Stéphane Mallarmé, who was friends with the Brunets, wrote a poem entitled Sainte about her.[5]
He died on 23 October 1894 in Avignon.[1] [2]