Joseph d'Arbaud (4 October 1874 – 2 March 1950) was a French poet and writer from
Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...
. He was a leading figure in the
Provençal Revival, a literary movement of the nineteenth century.
Biography
Early life
Joseph d'Arbaud was born in an aristocratic family in
Meyrargues
Meyrargues (; oc, Mairarga) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Population
Personalities
*Writer Joseph d'Arbaud was born in Meyrargues.
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on 4 October 1874.
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His father was Philippe d'Arbaud and his mother, Marie-Louise Valère-Martin. He was educated by Jesuits in
Avignon
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, then studied the Law in
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
.
Career
After spending a few years with young writers from
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, he left for
Camargue
Camargue (, also , , ; oc, label= Provençal, Camarga) is a region of France located south of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône delta. The eastern arm is called the ''Grand Rhône''; the western one is the ''P ...
and became a bull-herder.
In 1918, he became a chief figure in
Félibrige
The ''Félibrige'' (; in classical Occitan, in Mistralian spelling, ) is a literary and cultural association founded in 1854 by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Occitan language (also called the ) and ...
, a literary and cultural association founded by
Frédéric Mistral
Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; oc, Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel P ...
(1830–1914) and other Provençal writers to defend and promote Langue d'oc languages and literatures.
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Le Monde
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'' referred to d'Arbaud as Mistral's ''fils spirituel'' (spiritual son).
D'Arbaud wrote in Provençal and translated his own works into
French.
Mistral
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* Mistral (wind) in southern France and Sardinia
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penned a foreword to d'Arbaud's 1913 collection of poems ''Le Laurier d'Arles.'' Together with Emile Sicard, d'Arbaud also edited a local
literary magazine
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titled ''Le Feu.''
Death
He died in Aix-en-Provence on 2 March 1950.
Bibliography
* ''La bête du Vaccarès''
*''The Beast, and Other Tales'', Northwestern University Press, 2020.
References
1874 births
1950 deaths
People from Bouches-du-Rhône
Writers from Aix-en-Provence
Aix-Marseille University alumni
20th-century French poets
French male poets
20th-century French male writers
People of Camargue
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