Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu

Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu Sieur de Desmahis (1 March 1723, Sully-sur-Loire – 25 February 1761, Paris) was an 18th-century French playwright.

Desmahis was initially known under the auspices of Voltaire by fugitive plays, including::


 * Le Voyage de Saint-Germain ;
 * L’Heureux amant qui sait te plaire.
 * 1750: L’Impertinent, ou le Billet perdu two-act comedy.

He contributed the articles FAT and FEMME to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D’Alembert.

His Œuvres were collected in 2 vol. in-12 (1778).