[2] Gaut was encouraged to write poetry in Provençal by a friend, Joseph Desanat.
[1] He first wrote poetry for Lou Bouil-Abaïsso, a literary journal started by Desanat.
[1] Those conferences were the precursors to the Félibrige movement, founded in 1854 by Roumanille and Frédéric Mistral.
[1] Meanwhile, Gaut founded Le Gay-Saber, a Provençal literary review, which only published 17 issues.
He served as the editor-in-chief of Le Mémorial d'Aix, a bi-weekly newspaper in Aix.