Anselme Mathieu

Anselme Mathieu
Born	21 April 1828 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died	8 February 1895(1895-02-08) (aged 66)
Occupation	Poet

Anselme Mathieu (21 April 1828 – 8 February 1895) was a French Provençal poet.

Early life

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]

Poetry

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]

Wine

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]

Death

He died on 8 February 1895.[1][3]

Legacy

• The Collège Anselme Mathieu, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.[5]

References

1. Anselme Mathieu (1828-1895), Bibliothèque nationale de France
2. Fédération Alphone Daudet: Les chemins d'Alphonse Daudet: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
3. Adophe von Bever, Les poètes du terroir, Paris: Charles Delagrave, 1911-1914, p. 389 [1]
4. Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Domaine Mathieu Archived July 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
5. French Ministry of Education: Collège Anselme Mathieu