Frédéric Mistral

male, deceased (1914)
Frédéric Mistral was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the lit...
Arnaut Daniel

Arnaut Daniel

male
Arnaut Danièl was a Provençal troubadour of the 13th century, praised by Dante as "il miglior fabbro" (the best craftsman/creator, literally "the be...
Edmond Rostand

Edmond Rostand

male, deceased (1918)
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play "Cyrano d...
Moulin de Mougins

Moulin de Mougins

male
The Moulin de Mougins is a celebrated restaurant, situated in an abandoned mill ("moulin") in the inland French Riviera town of Mougins. Founding...

Théodore Aubanel

male, deceased (1886)
Théodore Aubanel was a Provencal poet. He was born in Avignon.
Joseph Roumanille

Joseph Roumanille

male, deceased (1891)
Joseph Roumanille was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and is commonly known in southern France as the...
Clovis Hugues

Clovis Hugues

male, deceased (1907)
Clovis Hugues was a French poet, journalist, dramatist, novelist, and socialist activist. He wrote some of his works in Provençal and was the "...
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras

male, deceased (1207)
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras was a Provençal troubadour and, later in his life, knight. His life was spent mainly in Italian courts until 1203, when he j...

José Echegaray

male, deceased (1916)
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and the leading Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 1...

Àngel Guimerà

male, deceased (1924)
Àngel Guimerà and Leni Riefenstahl's "Tiefland" (1954). Furthermore, it served as the source material for two operas: Eugen d'Albert's German op...