Joseph Roumanille, (born Aug. 8, 1818, Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France—died May 24, 1891, Avignon), Provençal poet and teacher, a founder and leader of the Félibrige, a movement dedicated to the restoration and maintenance of Provençal language, literature, and customs. Félibrige stimulated the renaissance of the language and customs of the whole of southern France.
While teaching at the Collège Royal of Avignon (later renamed the Lycée Frédéric Mistral), Roumanille became a lifelong friend of Frédéric Mistral, who was to be the preeminent figure in the Provençal renaissance.
Roumanille was both a writer and a scholar of Provençal. His standardization of the orthography of the ... (100 of 198 words)