Rue Joseph Roumanille

Joseph Roumanille was born on August 8, 1818 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and died on May 24, 1891 in Avignon. He was a French writer, bookseller and publisher of Occitan language. With Frédéric Mistral, he is the main designer of the modern Provençal spelling, known as the Félibréenne or Mistralian standard. From 1834, Roumanille studied at the college of Tarascon. As a notary clerk in the same town, he published his first verses in the Echo du Rhône. He then worked as a supervisor and teacher in Nyons in the Drôme and at the Dupuy College in Avignon where he met Frédéric Mistral, one of his students. While teaching in Nyons, he published his first book Louis Gros et Louis Noé ou un drame dans les carrières de St-Remy. In 1854, at the Font-Ségugne castle, he was co-founder of the Félibrige. He became a bookseller-publisher in Avignon in 1855. His publishing house published Armana prouvençau (the Provençal Almanac) and Mireille by Mistral. He was the husband of the félibresse Rose-Anaïs Gras, sister of Félix Gras. The Félibrige was founded on May 21, 1854 by seven Provençals who were Roumanille, Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu and Alphonse Tavan. Roumanille was one of the most active members of the founding group.

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