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Wikipedia / Félibrige

The Félibrige (; in classical Occitan, in Mistralian spelling, ) is a literary and cultural association founded in 1854 by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Occitan language (also called the ) and literature. It is presided over by a (classical norm: ). The name possibly derives from an apocryphal Provençal story of Christ disputing in the temple with the seven doctors [sét félibre] of law.

Etymology

The word félibrige is derived from félibre, word of unclear origin.

Origins

Le Félibrige was founded at the Château de Font-Ségugne (located in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse) on 21 May 1854 (Saint Estelle's day), by seven young Provençal poets: Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu, Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille and Alphonse Tavan. Together, they aimed to restore the Provençal language and codify its orthography.

Its symbol is a seven-pointed star which, as Frederic Mistral writes in Lou tresor dóu Felibrige, is "a tribute to its seven founders".

The movement was launched in Provence but quickly reached the entire Occitania. It spread among Occitanian writers such as Michel Camélat and Simin Palay (from Gascony and Béarn), Albert Arnavielle, Justin Bessou, Jacques and Gabriel Azaïs and Achille Mir (Languedoc), Arsène Vermenouze (Auvergne), Joseph Roux (Limousin), José Mange (Provence), Brémonde de Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône), Batisto Bonnet (Gard) and Charles Maurras.

The Félibrige is an organisation focussed on protecting and promoting Occitan language and culture, fighting for recognition of cultural diversity both within France and across the wider world. It is also one of the two organisations represented across Occitania since 1945, along with the Institut d'Estudis Occitans (IEO).

Felebrigian festivals

There is a yearly meeting, Santo Estello, held in a different town in the Pays d'Oc. The traditional banquet is ended with the ritual of the Copa Santa.

There are also other Fêtes Félibréennes:

The Jardin des Félibres in Sceaux

In 1950 Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine (one of the Parisien banlieue) was named Cité Félibréenne. A memorial garden for this event was created around the tomb of Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, a French poet and romancier, well known for his fables and a noted Félibrigist (perhaps because his mother was Castilian). The garden displays eleven busts in all.

The garden is located behind the church of Saint Jean-Baptiste (Saint John the Baptist) in Sceaux. The entry, signed: Parc de Sceaux, Jardin des Félibres is located on Avenue du Président Franklin Roosevelt in Sceaux.

Capouliés of the Félibrige

The Félibrige is presided over by a .

See also

References

Sources

  • Eugène Lintilhac, Les Félibres, 1895, édition Alphonse Lemerre, in-12°, 136 p. Première partie – Félibres et Félibrige : L'énigme du Félibrige : les félibres de Paris, Cigaliers et félibres de Paris, le royaume poètique de Sainte-Estelle le capoulié Félix Gras, Un jour de printemps chez Mistral. Deuxième partie – Théodore Aubanel, La genése du Félibrige et Aubanel, le mouvement de Mistral, Jasmin, l'oeuvre d'Aubanel.

  • La Plume, revue littéraire artistique et sociale, Paris, dir. Léon Deschamps, n° 53 du 1 juillet 1891, p.213–237 du recueil annuel. (Numéro consacré au Félibrige à l’occasion de la mort de Joseph Roumanille)

  • Émile Ripert, La Renaissance Provençale, Paris, Librairie Champion, 1918

  • Émile Ripert, Le Félibrige, Armand Colin, 1924; réédition Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 2001

  • René Jouveau, Histoire du Félibrige (4 volumes), Imprimerie Bené, Nîmes, 1970–1979; réédition 1984-1987

  • Valère Bernard, Bagatouni, rééd. Alandis Editions, 2000.

  • Philippe Martel, Les Félibres et leur temps : Renaissance d'oc et opinion (1850-1914), Bordeaux, PUB, 2010