Mireio was the daughter of a gentleman farmer in southern France during the 1850s. As the protagonist of the Occitan epic poem "Mireio" by Frederic Mistral (1859), she died from despair because her parents would not let her marry her one true love, Vincent. Now an angel in Paradise, Mireio can retell her life story based on the content of the poem that bears her name. She is a great storyteller & an expert on the culture, history, legends, & literature of Occitania.