WRITER

Frédéric Mistral

1830 - 1914

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Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (French: [mistʁal]; Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". Mistral was a founding member of the Félibrige and member of the Académie de Marseille. His name in his native language was Frederi Mistral (Mistrau) according to the Mistralian orthography, or Frederic Mistral (or Mistrau) according to the classical orthography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frédéric Mistral is the 211th most popular writer (up from 237th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from France (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Writer.

Frederic Mistral is most famous for writing the poem "Mirèio" and for being the founder of the Provençal language.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frédéric Mistral ranks 211 out of 7,302. Before him are Luís de Camões, David Woodard, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, and Terence. After him are Karel Čapek, Carlo Goldoni, Pearl S. Buck, George Sand, Roger Martin du Gard, and Janusz Korczak.

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Among people born in 1830, Frédéric Mistral ranks 5. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emily Dickinson, Camille Pissarro, and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. After him are Abdülaziz, Paul Heyse, Isabella II of Spain, Frederic Leighton, Porfirio Díaz, Hector Malot, and Isma'il Pasha. Among people deceased in 1914, Frédéric Mistral ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius X, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Bertha von Suttner, and Charles Albert Gobat. After him are Paul Heyse, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, George Westinghouse, and Georg Trakl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frédéric Mistral ranks 238 out of 6,770. Before him are Gabriel Fauré (1845), Christian Dior (1905), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Richard II of England (1367), and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796). After him are Louis X of France (1289), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Georges Seurat (1859), Bernard Arnault (1949), Léon Foucault (1819), and Vilfredo Pareto (1848).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Frédéric Mistral ranks 39. Before him are Jean Racine (1639), Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Petronius (27), and François-René de Chateaubriand (1768). After him are George Sand (1804), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Annie Ernaux (1940), Prosper Mérimée (1803), and Germaine de Staël (1766).

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