François Vidal
{{Short description|French poet and felibre (1832–1911)}}
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| birth_place = Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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| death_place =Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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| resting_place = Saint-Pierre Cemetery
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| other_names = Francés Vidal
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François Vidal (14 July 1832 – 25 May 1911) was a French Provençal poet and activist.
Early life
François Vidal was born on 14 July 1832.{{cite web|title=François Vidal (1832-1911)|url=http://data.bnf.fr/12567938/francois_vidal/|website=Bibliothèque nationale de France|access-date=January 7, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Vidal, François (1832-1911)|url=http://www.idref.fr/113371128|website=IdRef|publisher=Système universitaire de documentation|access-date=January 7, 2016}}
Career
François Vidal was one of the first Provençal activists to join the Félibrige. He had a deep knowledge of the Occitan language, and was the editor (pagesetting and revision) of Frédéric Mistral's Tresor dóu Felibrige.
He was the curator of the Bibliothèque Méjanes, the public library in Aix-en-Provence.
Vidal wrote poetry in Provençal. He revived the traditional use of the Provençal instrument known as "tambourin."{{cite book|title=Le trésor du tambourinaire : histoire de l'instrument provençal : musique poesie et prose provençale|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/468642061|via=WorldCat|oclc=468642061|access-date=January 7, 2016}} In 1876, he became a "Majoral" (council member) of the Félibrige, a cultural and literary movement for the promotion of Provençal heritage.{{cite journal|last1=Berjoan|first1=Nicolas|title=L'idée latine du Félibrige : Enjeux, boires et déboires d'une politique étrangère régionaliste (1870-1890)|journal=Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle|date=2011|volume=42|issue=42|pages=121–136|doi=10.4000/rh19.4110|url=http://rh19.revues.org/4110|access-date=January 7, 2016|url-access=registration |via=Cairn.info|doi-access=free}}
Death
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Category:Writers from Aix-en-Provence
Category:Occitan-language poets
Category:Provençal-language Occitan writers
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