Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian [SEP] native language
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (March 6, 1755 in château of Florian, near Sauve, Gard – September 13, 1794 in Sceaux) was a French poet and romance writer.
Life.
His mother, a Spanish lady named Gilette de Salgues, died when he was a child. He was brought up by his grandfather and studied at St. Hippolyte. His uncle and guardian, the Marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of Voltaire, introduced him at the
Saint Estelle is the patron saint of the Felibrige, a literary and cultural association founded by Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote their language.
"Star" is the meaning generally assigned the name Estelle, although the format Eustalia suggests the name's true root is the Greek "eustales": "well-groomed". Despite the reported popularity of the saint the name Estelle was afforded little evident usage prior to the publication in 1788 of the pastoral "Estelle" by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian,