Felix Gras
Deceased Person
1844 – 1901
Who was Felix Gras?
Félix Gras was a Provençal poet and novelist. He was born into a farming family and went to secondary school at the college of Sainte Garde à Saint Didier. He studied law as a clerk to the notary Jules Giéia in Avignon, later becoming a notary himself, but also enthusiastically attended poetry meetings where he read his first poems.
Soon abandoning his law training, Gras published Li Carbounié, a rustic epic poem in twelve cantos, in 1876, noted for its "elemental passion" and scenic descriptions, for which he gained immediate recognition. In 1879, he married the niece of Joseph Roumanille, the husband of his sister Rose Anaïs. His next work, Toloza, an epic poem about the invasion of the Albigenses by Simon de Montfort, came in 1882, to further acclaim. He produced a volume of short poems, Li Roumancero Provengal, in 1887, followed by a collection of prose stories, La Paplino, in 1891.
In 1891, Gras was elected 3rd Capoulie of Le Félibre Rouge, a literary and cultural association founded by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Provençal language and Provençal literature. He held this post until his death.
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- Born
- May 3, 1844
Avignon - Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 4, 1901
Avignon
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on July 23, 2013
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