Boulevard Joseph Desanat

Joseph Désanat was born in Tarascon (1796-1874). He was courtier and then a charcuterie manufacturer in Marseille, where he practised a number of different professions. He founded and managed the newspaper 'Lou Biou-Abaisso' (The Bouillabaisse. 1841-1842 and 1844-1846). He was a pre-Mistral Félibre and both a journalist and a poet. He wrote at a time when Provençal spelling had not yet been fixed by the famous Maillane writer, and was only 16 when this work was edited. It is interesting to...