Alphonse Tavan
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Alphonse Tavan in 1897
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| Born | 1833 Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Died | 1905 Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Occupation | Poet |
Alphonse Tavan (1833-1905) was a French Provençal poet.
Alphonse Tavan was born in 1833 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
On May 21, 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra and Anselme Mathieu.
He published a collection of romantic poems in Provençal, Amour e plour, in 1876.
He attended the fiftieth anniversary of the Félibrige on May 22, 1904 with Mistral; all the other co-founders had died.
He died in 1905 in his hometown of Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
His bust adorns a fountain in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
The Collège Alphonse Tavan, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.
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