6 July 2016

Pascal Lainé: La Dentellière | The Lacemaker (1974)

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Pomme's father left the family some time before the book begins, and her mother made do as she could: by working in a bar and by sel...
28 June 2016

Musée de la Vannerie, Cadenet (84)

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It's not easy to take a photo when the sun's shining in your face, but this is the east-facing elevation of Le Musée de la Vanne...
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Jean-Henri Fabre in Avignon (84)

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'RUE JEAN-HENRI FABRE "L'HOMÈRE DES INSECTES" 1823–1915 Carriero Jan-Enri Fabre' 'The Homer of ins...
27 June 2016

Joseph d'Arbaud in Avignon (84)

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Joseph d'Arbaud (Jóusè d'Arbaud in Mistral's Provençal terminology) was born in Meyrargues in 1874 and died in Aix-en-Provence ...

Bellaud de la Bellaudière in Avignon (84)

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The name of this street in Avignon introduced me to a writer I'd never heard of: Louis Bellaud, or Bellaud de la Bellaudière, who wa...
26 June 2016

Renaud Séchan: Comme un enfant perdu : Autobiographie (2016)

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Being unable at present to scan the cover of this book (which translates as 'Like a lost child' and is a line from his son...
23 June 2016

Justine Favart in Avignon (84)

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'RUE FAVART ACTRICE ET AUTEUR DRAMATIQUE 1727–1772 Carriero Favart' Justine Favart was born Marie Justine Benoîte Dur...
21 June 2016

Agricol Perdiguier in Avignon (84)

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The writer and politician Agricol Perdiguier (1805–75) has his own square in Avignon, and this monument to him is in that sq...
20 June 2016

Joseph Roumanille in Avignon (84)

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And another monument to the Provençal poet Joseph Roumanille, but this time in Avignon. Roumanille taught at the collège Dupuy there ...

Théodore Aubanel in Avignon (84)

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'THÉODORE AUBANEL POÈTE PROVENÇAL 1829 – 1886' We missed Théodore Aubanel's grave in the Cimetière de St-Véran (...

Petrarch in Avignon (84)

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'Histoire de la Cité Couvent de Sainte-Claire –––––––––––––––––––––––– "Laure,... longtemps, célébrée dans mes ver...

Frédéric Mistral in Avignon (84)

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This is one bust I didn't know about: Frédéric Mistral's in the Place de l'Horloge in the centre of Avignon. While studying...
19 June 2016

John Stuart Mill's Grave in Avignon (84)

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The philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) died in Avignon of erysipelas, and was buried in St-Véran cemetery with his wife. A ...
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15 June 2016

Joseph Roumanille's grave in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13)

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Joseph Roumanille (Jousé Roumaniho in provençal) (1818–91) was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and died in Avignon. He studied in t...
13 June 2016

René Char in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (84)

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The family grave in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. 'RENÉ CHAR 1907 – 1988' Like his father, the poet René Char was born in L...
12 June 2016

Frédéric Mistral in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13)

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HÔTEL DE TOURREL D'ALMERAN – MAILLANE LE 26 MAI 1863 EN CET HÔTEL POUR LA PREMIÈRE FOIS ET EN PRÉSENCE DE FRÉDÉRIC MI...

Nostradamus in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13)

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'ICI NAQUIT 14 DÉCEMBRE 1503 MICHEL DE NOSTREDAME DIT NOSTRADAMUS ASTROLOGUE' It's no easy thing to photograph ...

Joseph Roumanille's Statue in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13)

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The statue of the writer Joseph Romanille (1818–91), born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Frédéric Mistral was one of his students when he tau...

Yvan Audouard's Grave, Fontvieille (13)

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Yvan Audouard (1914–2004) is buried in the family vault in the cemetery in Fontvieille. I'd not heard of him until I read René Frégni...

Alphonse Daudet and Tartarin de Tarascon in Tarascon (13)

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The hilarious bumbling braggart who professes to be a bold hunter of lions, but who hasn't so much as walked over the town bridge to ...