Joan Francés Blanc
Joan Francés Blanc ("Jean-François" in French, Agen, December 8, 1961) is an Occitan writer and lexicographer. Biography. In 1996, he, along with Domergue Sumien and others, contributed to the "escrituras descobertistas" manifesto. He writes short stories in Gascon as well as in Lengadocian. He also published a science fiction novel written in Gascon, titled "Heisei", in 1998. He is also an activist in the Paris branch of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans and participates in multiple lexicography efforts: Gidilòc, DiGaM, and the IEO IT glossary.