Writer, born in Nîmes, France. He moved to Paris in 1857, where he devoted himself to literature. He wrote a book of poems and several theatrical pieces, including L'Arlésienne, for which Bizet composed incidental music. Some of his best work appears in the journals, notably his sketches of Provençal subjects, collected as Lettres de mon moulin (1869, Letters from My Mill), and the extravaganza Tartarin de Tarascon (1872), with its two sequels.