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French poet
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Male
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Birth:
(Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne)
Death:
12 May 1905(Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Alphonse Tavan (1833-1905) was a French Provençal poet.
Early life
Alphonse Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
Career
On May 21, 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra and Anselme Mathieu.
He published a collection of romantic poems in Provençal, Amour e plour, in 1876.
He attended the fiftieth anniversary of the Félibrige on May 22, 1904 with Mistral; all the other co-founders had died.
Bust in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
Death
He died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
Legacy
His bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
The Collège Alphonse Tavan, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.