- Paul Arène
Paul-Auguste Arène, born
26 June 1843 inSisteron and died17 December 1896 inAntibes , was a Provençal poet and French writer.He studied in
Marseille , then inVannes . A short play which enjoyed some success at theOdéon , "Pierrot héritier", led him to quit, in 1865, the University, and journalism. He was 23. He started to contribute to "Figaro littéraire" and composed his first Provençal verses, which were published in the "Almanach avignonnais" byJoseph Roumanille .The subject of all of his Provencal pieces are the area, and particularly the countryside, around Sisteron : "Fontfrediero", "Lis Estello negro", "Raubatori".
In French, Paul Arène published "Parnassiculet", in which he talked about his life, in the style of
Parnassianism . Like his friendOctave Mirbeau in 1884, Paul Arène collaborated actively with Alphonse Daudet in the publishing of his Provençal chronicles, published as "L'Événement" and which were republished under the title "Lettres de mon moulin ".In 1868, Paul Arène wrote his chef-d'œuvre, "Jean des Figues". After 1870, he wrote chronicles, poems, among which "Le Tor d'Entraÿs", "Le Clos des âmes", "Le Canot des six capitaines", "Au Bon Soleil" and "La Gueuse parfumée", and two collections. He also wrote "La Chèvre d'or", "Les Ogresses", "Le Midi bouge" and "Domnine".
External links
* [http://www.bmlisieux.com/archives/parnacic.htm "Le Parnassiculet contemporain"] Collection of verses, Preceded by L"'Hôtel du Dragon-Bleu" (2nd ed. 1872).
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