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Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830—March 25, 1914) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 who led the 19th century revival of Occitan
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
 (Provençal
Provençal language

Proven?al is one of several dialects of Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern France, mostly in Provence. In the English language-speaking world, "Proven?al" is often used to refer to all dialects of Occitan, but it actually refers specifically to the dialect spoken in Provence, as well as in the southern portion of the Dauphin?...
) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary félibrige
Félibrige

The F?librige is a literary and cultural association founded in the mid-19th century by Fr?d?ric Mistral and other Proven?al writers to defend and promote the Occitan and literature....
 movement.

He shared the Nobel Prize in literature
Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" ....
 in 1904 for his contributions in literature and philology
Philology

Philology, derived from the Greek language considers both morphology and Meaning in linguistic expression, combining linguistics and literary studies....
. Mistral's father was a well-to-do farmer in the former French province
Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the d?partement in France system superseded provinces....
 of Provence
Provence

Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative regions of France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur....
.

He was born and died in Maillane
Maillane

Maillane is a communes of France in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne departments of France in southern France in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
, Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rh?ne is a departments of France in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rh?ne River....
 département, France.

In his honour, the Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
an poet Lucila Godoy Alcayaga took his surname for her pseudonym, Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral

Gabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de Mar?a del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean Poetry, educator, diplomat, and Feminism who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945....
.








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Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830—March 25, 1914) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 who led the 19th century revival of Occitan
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
 (Provençal
Provençal language

Proven?al is one of several dialects of Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern France, mostly in Provence. In the English language-speaking world, "Proven?al" is often used to refer to all dialects of Occitan, but it actually refers specifically to the dialect spoken in Provence, as well as in the southern portion of the Dauphin?...
) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary félibrige
Félibrige

The F?librige is a literary and cultural association founded in the mid-19th century by Fr?d?ric Mistral and other Proven?al writers to defend and promote the Occitan and literature....
 movement.

He shared the Nobel Prize in literature
Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" ....
 in 1904 for his contributions in literature and philology
Philology

Philology, derived from the Greek language considers both morphology and Meaning in linguistic expression, combining linguistics and literary studies....
. Mistral's father was a well-to-do farmer in the former French province
Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the d?partement in France system superseded provinces....
 of Provence
Provence

Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative regions of France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur....
.

He was born and died in Maillane
Maillane

Maillane is a communes of France in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne departments of France in southern France in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
, Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rh?ne is a departments of France in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rh?ne River....
 département, France.

In his honour, the Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
an poet Lucila Godoy Alcayaga took his surname for her pseudonym, Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral

Gabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de Mar?a del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean Poetry, educator, diplomat, and Feminism who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945....
.

Works include

  • Mirèio
    Mirèio

    Mir?io is a poem in Occitan language by the French writer, Frederic Mistral. It was written in 1859....
     (1859), source of Charles Gounod's opera Mireille
    Mireille (opera)

    Mireille is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French language libretto by Michel Carr? after Fr?d?ric Mistral's poem Mireio....


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