AUBANEL, THÉODORE. – Provençal poet, one of the leaders of Felibrism (born in Avignon on 26 March 1829, died there on 24 October 1886). His two collections are noteworthy: La Miougrano entreduberto (The Half-Opened Pomegranate), lyrics inspired by a mystical beloved who became a sister of charity, and Li Fiho d’Avignone (The Girls of Avignon), pervaded by sensual love. He also wrote two dramas: Lou Pan dou pecat and Lou Pastre, imbued with intense eroticism. Denounced to the ecclesiastical authorities for neo-pagan tendencies, he destroyed part of his work. In Lou Poutou de Judas (1869), he had declared himself opposed to the annexation of Rome to Italy.
BIBL.: J. Vincent, Th. A., la vie et l'homme, le poète, Avignone 1924. Giorgio Calogero