Frédéric Mistral Mistral’s passion for poetry was sparked by one of his teachers, the Provençal poet
Joseph Roumanille. He spent many years compiling
Trésor dóu Félibrige, a dictionary of the Provençal language published by the Felibrige literary society, which he founded himself. His most important work,
Mirèio, was published in 1859, the result of eight years of work. He also authored
Lou Tresor dóu Félibrige (1878–1886), which to date remains the most comprehensive dictionary of the
Occitan language, and one of the most reliable, thanks to the precision of its definitions. It is a bilingual dictionary, Occitan-French, in two large volumes, with all of the dialects of
oc, including Provençal. Mistral owes to
François Vidal the work of typesetting and revising that dictionary.
José Echegaray Eizaguirre Echegaray’s literary debut took place relatively late, in 1874 when he was 42 years old. He subsequently had a productive career, publishing an average of two plays a year for the rest of his life. A mathematician, engineer and administrator, he built his plays with the same regard for exactitude and duty that inspired his public life. Conflicts involving duty are at the heart of most of his plays, and he upheld the idea with uncompromising severity. His exalted romanticism is apparent in his choice of subjects. His most famous plays include
El gran Galeoto (adapted into a silent film entitled "The World and His Wife"),
La esposa del vengador ("The Avenger's Wife", 1874), and
Conflicto entre dos deberes ("Conflict of Two Duties", 1882). He also extensively wrote 25 to 30 mathematical physics volumes. ==Deliberations==