Azalaïs d'Arbaud

Azalaïs d'Arbaud
Born	Marie-Azalaïs Valère-Martin 1834
Died	1917
Occupation	Writer
Language	Occitan
Nationality	French
Citizenship	France
Children	Joseph d'Arbaud Berthe d'Arbaud

Azalaïs d'Arbaud (née Marie-Azalaïs Valère-Martin; 1834-1917) was a French writer in the Occitan language. She lived in Meyrargues, Bouches-du-Rhône. She worked at Amarna Prouvençau, and in 1860 wrote Madaleno e lou tavan Rous (the first poem written by a woman and included in the Amarna since its creation in 1855). La Dourgueto followed in 1862. In 1888, she was awarded the first prize at the Jeux Floraux at Digne for l'Anello d'or. Arbaud was the wife of Count Felix Arbaud; she was the mother of the poet Joseph d'Arbaud and a daughter, Berthe.^[1]

Selected works

• Madaleno e lou tavan
• La Dourgueto
• Lis amouro de ribas (1863)

References

1. Julian, Charles Pierre (1920). "Madame Azalaïs d'Arbaud, La Felibresse du Caulon". Anthologie du Félibrige Provençal (1850 à nos jours), poésie, textes choisis accompagnés de la traduction littérale en regard, de notices bio-bibliographiques, de nombreux autographes et de la musique des chansons les plus connues (in Occitan). Paris: Delagrave. pp. 442–443. Retrieved 14 March 2015.