Friday, 21 March 2014

LOCAL HISTORY: FREDERIC MISTRAL FOUNDER OF FELIBRIGE THE MOVEMENT THAT REVIVED OCCITAN

Gavin Porter has sent a piece for the Patrimoine label
LOCAL HISTORY: FREDERIC MISTRAL FOUNDER OF FELIBRIGE THE MOVEMENT THAT REVIVED OCCITAN

Gavin Porter gives an account of the life and achievements of the poet Frederic Mistral, the centenary of whose death is 25 March 2014. Along with six others, Mistral founded Felibrige a movement designed to revive the Occitan language. His poetry is considered the finest written in Occitan. 
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