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Frédéric Mistral

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Frédéric Mistral

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Also known as Frederi Mistral, Frederic Mistral, Frederick Mistral, Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral

Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)

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Frédéric Mistral was a male person from France, born in 1830 and died in 1914. He is recognized in the Nobel Literature collection and received one Nobel Prize. His notable works include *Mireille, poéme provenc̜al ; mirèio, pouèmo prouvenc̜au*, *Lis isclo d'or*, *Megalí*, *Les Olivades*, and *Discours e dicho de F. Mistral*. He also used the pseudonyms Lou Cascarelet, Grand la Borgno, Mèste Franc, and Gui de Mount-Pavoun.

Mistral is referenced by 469 other encyclopedia articles. He has works listed in various collections, with counts ranging from five to 173 across different databases. On Last.fm, he has one listener and one playcount. His name appears in the Commons category and gallery for Frédéric Mistral.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1830
Died
1914
Works
173

Top works

  • Discours e dicho de F. Mistral
  • Lis isclo d'or
  • Megalí
  • Mireille, poéme provenc̜al ; mirèio, pouèmo prouvenc̜au
  • Les Olivades

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1830-09-08
Active to
1914-03-25

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric+Mistral">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1904

    in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Proven&ccedil;al philologist

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Works in European collections

7 objects attributed to Frédéric Mistral, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral ( French: [mistʁal]; Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". Mistral was a founding member of the Félibrige and member of the Académie de Marseille.

His name in his native language was Frederi Mistral (Mistrau) according to the Mistralian orthography, or Frederic Mistral (or Mistrau) according to the classical orthography.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frédéric Mistral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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