Anselme Mathieu

Anselme Mathieu (21 April 1828 – 8 February 1895) was a French Provençal poet.

Anselme Mathieu
Born	21 April 1828 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died	8 February 1895(1895-02-08) (aged 66)
Occupation	Poet

Early life

Anselme Mathieu was born 21 April 1828 in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.^[1][2][3] His parents were the fourth-generation owners of the Domaine Mathieu, a vineyard still in operation today.^[2][4]

Poetry

Mathieu was a Provençal poet.^[1] He published poems in Armana prouvençau under the pseudonym of Félibre di Poutoun.^[2]

On 21 May 1854, he co-founded the Félibrige movement with Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra and Alphonse Tavan.^[2][4]

He published La Farandole, a collection of poems, in 1862.^[2] Mistral contributed the foreword.^[2]

Wine

Mathieu introduced the co-founders of the Félibrige to the red wine produced by his family vineyard.^[2] Moreover, he introduced it to Alphonse Daudet, another writer from Provence, who called it, "royal, imperial, pontifical."^[2]

Additionally, Mathieu introduced Alexandre Dumas and Alphonse de Lamartine, two writers from Paris, to this wine.^[2]

Death

He died on 8 February 1895.^[1][3]

Legacy

• The Collège Anselme Mathieu, a secondary school in Avignon, is named in his honour.^[5]