Joseph Desanat
Joseph Desanat was a French Provençal poet and journal editor.
Early life
Joseph Desanat was born in 1796 in Tarascon.Career
Desanat was first a courtier. He then moved to Marseille, where he made charcuterie.In 1841, Desanat founded Lou Bouil-Abaïsso, a literary journal of Provençal poetry published in Marseille. The journal ran from 1841 to 1842, and from 1844 to 1846. Desanat encouraged his friend Jean-Baptiste Gaut to submit poems, leading to a career as a poet and an advocacy of the Félibrige movement.
A prolific Provençal poet himself, Desanat's use of the language is remarkable as it predates Frédéric Mistral's spelling rules.