Joseph Desanat (1796 – 1873) was a French Provençal poet and journal editor.
Early life Joseph Desanat was born in 1796 in Tarascon.Arles Region Visitor Center: Boulevard Joseph DesanatFrequence Sud: Boulevard Joseph 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.Constance Elizabeth Maud (ed.), Alma Strettel (ed.), Memoirs of Mistral, New York, Baker & Taylor, 1907, p. 107 David Streight, Théodore Aubanel : sensual poetry and the Provençal church, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France : Édicioun dóu Gregau, 1996, p. 23 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.Emma Robert, Le Félibre Gaut, histoire d’un héros provençal, L'Express, Archives 2013/2014
A Provençal poet himself, Desanat's use of the language is remarkable as it predates Frédéric Mistral's spelling rules.
Death He died in 1873.
Legacy The Boulevard Joseph Desanat in Tarascon was named in his honour.
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