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Paul Giéra
Paul Giéra (22 January 1816 – 26 April 1861) was a French Provençal poet.
Early life.
Paul Giéra was born on 22 January 1816 in Avignon. His father was Jean Baptiste Joseph Giéra and his mother, Marie Madeleine Marguerite Crillon.
Career.
Giéra was the owner of the Château de Font-Ségugne in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.
On 21 May 1854, he invited Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore Aubanel, Alphonse Tavan, Jean Brunet and Anselme Mathieu,
, Vaucluse) on 21 May 1854 (Saint Estelle's day), by seven young Provençal poets: Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu, Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille and Alphonse Tavan. Together, they aimed to restore the Provençal language and codify its orthography.
Its symbol is a seven-pointed star which, as Frederic Mistral writes in "Lou tresor dóu Felibrige", is "a tribute to its seven founders".
The movement was launched in Provence but quickly reached the entire