Joseph Roumanille

Joseph Roumanille (Occitan: Josèp Romanilha; 8 August 1818 – 24 May 1891) was a Provençal poet.

After working as clerc de notaire in the same town from 1836 to 1839, Roumanille published his first verses in the Écho du Rhône.

When Roumanille was a teacher at Avignon, he discovered the genius of Frédéric Mistral, one of his pupils, and together they began what later became the Félibrean movement.

In 1852 along with Mistral and Anselme Mathieu he edited a collection of Provençal verse called Li Prouvençalo.

His writing is wholesome and simple, reflecting the country folk of the region.