Alphonse Tavan

Alphonse Tavan
Alphonse Tavan in 1897
Born	9 March 1833 Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died	12 May 1905 (1905-05-13) (aged 72) Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Occupation	Poet

Alphonse Tavan (9 March 1833 – 12 May 1905) was a French Provençal poet.

Early life

Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.[1]

Career

On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra and Anselme Mathieu.[2]

He published a collection of romantic poems in Provençal, Amour e plour, in 1876.[1]

He attended the fiftieth anniversary of the Félibrige on 22 May 1904 with Mistral; all the other co-founders had died.[1]

Bust in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.

Death

He died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.[1]

Legacy

His bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.

The Collège Alphonse Tavan, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.[3]

References

1. Alphonse Tavan (1833-1905), Bibliothèque nationale de France
2. Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter 7 [1]
3. French Ministry of Education: Collège Alphonse Tavan^[permanent dead link‍]