Fr??ic Mistral
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Frederic Mistral (
September 8,
1830-
March 25,
1914) was a French
poet who led the
19th century revival of
Occitan (
Proven?l) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary
f?ibrige 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.
Born and died in Maillane, Bouches-du-Rh?e d?artement, France.
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