Joseph Desanat (1796-1873) was a French

Provençal Provençal may refer to: *Of Provence, a region of France * Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France *''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language *Franco-Provençal language, a distinct Roman ...

poet and journal editor.

Early life

Joseph Desanat was born in 1796 in Tarascon.Arles Region Visitor Center: Boulevard Joseph Desanat
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Career

Desanat was first a courtier. He then moved to

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, where he made charcuterie. Bolhabaissa

In 1841, Desanat founded '' Lou Bouil-Abaïsso'', a literary journal of Provençal poetry published in Marseille.David Streight, ''Théodore Aubanel : sensual poetry and the Provençal church'', Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France : Édicioun dóu Gregau, 1996, p. 2

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Jean-Baptiste Gaut Jean-Baptiste Gaut (1819–1891) was a French Provençal poet and playwright from Aix-en-Provence. He was a chief advocate of the Provençal language and the Félibrige movement. He was known as "Félibre Gaut."Emma RobertLe Félibre Gaut, hist ...

to submit poems, leading to a career as a poet and an advocacy of the Félibrige movement.Emma Robert
Le Félibre Gaut, histoire d’un héros provençal
''L'Express'', Archives 2013/2014 A prolific Provençal poet himself, Desanat's use of the language is remarkable as it predates

Frédéric Mistral Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; oc, Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel P ...

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Death

He died in 1873.

Legacy

The ''Boulevard Joseph Desanat'' in Tarascon was named in his honour.

References

1796 births 1873 deaths People from Tarascon French male poets 19th-century French poets {{France-poet-stub