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.Antonin Paul Louis Ange François Giéra, GeneaNet 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, where they founded the Félibrige movement.Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter 7
Death He died on 26 April 1861 in his hometown of Avignon.
Legacy The Collège Paul Giéra in Avignon was named in his honour. It closed down in 2009 due to lack of public funding.Unanimité surprise pour le collège Giéra d'Avignon, Vaucluse Matin, 27/09/2009
The Gymnase Paul Giéra in Avignon was also named in his honour.Mappy
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