Paul-Auguste Arène (26 June 1843 – 17 December 1896) was a Provençal poet and French writer.

Biography

Arène was born in

Sisteron Sisteron (; , oc, label=Mistralian norm, Sisteroun; from oc, label=Old Occitan, Sestaron) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France. Sisteron is situated on the banks of the rive ...

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, the son of Adolphe, a clockmaker, and Reine, a cap presser. He studied in

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, then in

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. A short play which enjoyed some success at the Odéon, ''Pierrot héritier'', led him to leave the university, and journalism in 1865, aged 23. He started to contribute to '' Figaro littéraire'' and composed his first Provençal verses, which were published in the ''Almanach avignonnais'' by

Joseph Roumanille Joseph Roumanille (; 8 August 1818 – 24 May 1891) was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of r ...

. He died in

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. The subject of all of his Provençal pieces is the area, and particularly the countryside, around Sisteron: ''Fontfrediero'', ''Lis Estello negro'', ''Raubatori''. In French, Paul Arène published ''Parnassiculet'', in which he talked about his life, in the style of

Parnassianism Parnassianism (or Parnassism) was a French literary style that began during the positivist period of the 19th century, occurring after romanticism and prior to symbolism. The style was influenced by the author Théophile Gautier as well as by th ...

. Like his friend

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in 1884, Paul Arène collaborated actively with Alphonse Daudet in the publishing of his Provençal chronicles, published as ''L'Événement'' and which were republished under the title '' Lettres de mon moulin''. In 1868, Paul Arène wrote his chef-d'œuvre, ''Jean des Figues''. After 1870, he wrote chronicles, poems, among which ''Le Tor d'Entraÿs'', ''Le Clos des âmes'', ''Le Canot des six capitaines'', ''Au Bon Soleil'' and ''La Gueuse parfumée'', and two collections. He also wrote ''La Chèvre d'or'', ''Les Ogresses'', ''Le Midi bouge'' and ''Domnine''.

Publications

* ''Pierrot Héritier'' (1865). * ''Jean-des-Figues'' (1868). * ''Les Comédiens Errants'' (1873, with V. Vernier). * ''Un Duel aux Lanternes'' (1873). * ''L'Ilote'' (1875, with

Charles Monselet Charles Monselet (30 April 1825, Nantes - 19 May 1888, Paris) was a French journalist, novelist, poet and playwright, nicknamed "the king of the gastronomes" by his contemporaries. He specialised in comedic and romantic novels and his total ou ...

). * ''Le Char'' (1875, with

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ''bo ...

). * ''La Gueuse Parfumée'' (1876). * ''Le Prologue sans le Savoir'' (1877, with Henri d'Erville). * ''Contes de Noël'' (1879). * ''Les Contes en Cent Lignes'' (1880). * ''Au Bon Soleil'' (1880). * ''Paris Ingénu'' (1882). * ''La Vraie Tentation du Grand Saint-Antoine'' (1880). * ''Vingt Jours en Tunisie'' (1884). * ''Mobilier Scolaire'' (1886). * ''Contes de Paris. Contes de Provence. L'Âne de Nazaire. La Mule'' (1887). * ''La Chèvre d'Or (1889). * ''Nouveaux Contes de Noël'' (1891). * ''Le Midi Bouge'' (1891). * ''Les Ogresses'' (1891). * ''Des Alpes aux Pyrénées'' (1892, with Albert Tournier). * ''Domnine'' (1894). * ''Friquette et Friquets'' (1896). Posthumous * ''Le Secret de Polichinelle'' (1897). * ''La Veine d'Argile'' (1928). Works in English translation * ''The Golden Goat'' (1921).

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''Le Parnassiculet Contemporain''
Collection of verses, Preceded by LHôtel du Dragon-Bleu'' (2nd ed. 1872). {{DEFAULTSORT:Arene, Paul 1843 births 1896 deaths People from Sisteron 19th-century French poets Writers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur French male poets 19th-century French male writers

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