Frédéric Mistral

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Frédéric Mistral
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Born	September 8 1830(1830-09-08) France
Died	March 25 1914 (aged 83) France
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	France
Notable award(s)	Nobel Prize in literature

Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830 – March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary félibrige movement.

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.

In his honour, the Chilean poet Lucila Godoy Alcayaga took the last name of her pseudonym, Gabriela Mistral.

Works include

Mirèio (1859), source of Charles Gounod's opera Mireille

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