Sunday, 22 February 2009

F. Mistral


"Frédéric Mistral
(September 8, 1830March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. [...]

He shared the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 for his contributions in literature and philology. Mistral's father was a well-to-do farmer in the former French province of Provence.

He was born and died in Maillane, Bouches-du-Rhône département, France."

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