Job de Roincé
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Job de Roincé was a French
journalist and writer, and also one of the founding figures of Breton nationalism
.
in Maine-et-Loire
in 1896, he attended school in Saint-Pol-de-Léon
(Finistère
). As a teenager, he participated in the birth of Bleun-Brug
, the movement of abbot Jean-Marie Perrot
. After the First World War, he helped to create the Group of Young Bretons in 1919 with other members of Action Française
like Charles Maurras
. This movement was the origin of the separatist faction Breiz Atao
, which he joined, but quickly left, as their radical views were incompatible with his own conservatism. However he later joined the Breton National Party
, advocating for a royalist position.
From a professional point of view, he started his career as a journalist with the journal Le Nouvelliste de Rennes. Between 1925 and 1945, he worked for Courrier de la Mayenne. From 1950, he lived in Rennes
as the cartoon editor of Nouvelles de Bretagne. In all, he was an important literary activist, crucial in the regionalist politics and history of the west of France.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
journalist and writer, and also one of the founding figures of Breton nationalism
Breton nationalism
Breton nationalism is the nationalism of the traditional province of Brittany in France. Brittany is considered to be one of the six Celtic nations...
.
Biography
Born in SegréSegré
Segré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.-Geography:The town of Segré is the most southern part of the commune, where the Verzée flows into the Oudon River.-External links:*...
in Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....
in 1896, he attended school in Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Saint-Pol-de-Léon is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretange in northwestern France, located on the coast.It is famous for its 13th-century cathedral on the site of the original founded by Saint Paul Aurelian in the 6th century. It has kept a unique architecture, such as Notre-Dame du...
(Finistère
Finistère
Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...
). As a teenager, he participated in the birth of Bleun-Brug
Bleun-Brug
Bleun-Brug is a Catholic association oriented towards Breton nationalism.-Origins:The group was created in 1905 by abbé Jean-Marie Perrot, with a name devised at the 1905 conference of the Union Régionaliste Bretonne at Kerjean Castle. The heather symbolizes Breton tenacity...
, the movement of abbot Jean-Marie Perrot
Jean-Marie Perrot
The abbé Jean-Marie Perrot, in Breton Yann Vari Perrot , was a French priest, Breton independentist and collaborator assassinated by the communist resistance. He was the founder of the Breton Catholic movement Bleun-Brug.- Early life :Perrot was raised in a provincial Breton-speaking family...
. After the First World War, he helped to create the Group of Young Bretons in 1919 with other members of Action Française
Action Française
The Action Française , founded in 1898, is a French Monarchist counter-revolutionary movement and periodical founded by Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois and whose principal ideologist was Charles Maurras...
like Charles Maurras
Charles Maurras
Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras was a French author, poet, and critic. He was a leader and principal thinker of Action Française, a political movement that was monarchist, anti-parliamentarist, and counter-revolutionary. Maurras' ideas greatly influenced National Catholicism and "nationalisme...
. This movement was the origin of the separatist faction Breiz Atao
Breiz Atao
Breiz Atao , was a Breton nationalist journal in the mid-twentieth century. The term is also used for the broader movement associated with the journal's political position....
, which he joined, but quickly left, as their radical views were incompatible with his own conservatism. However he later joined the Breton National Party
Breton National Party
The Breton National Party was a nationalist party in Brittany that existed from 1931 to 1944. The party was disbanded after the liberation of France in World War II, because of ties to the Nazi party....
, advocating for a royalist position.
From a professional point of view, he started his career as a journalist with the journal Le Nouvelliste de Rennes. Between 1925 and 1945, he worked for Courrier de la Mayenne. From 1950, he lived in Rennes
Rennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
as the cartoon editor of Nouvelles de Bretagne. In all, he was an important literary activist, crucial in the regionalist politics and history of the west of France.
Cartoons
- La belle histoire de la Duchesse en sabots. Bande dessinée. Series : Collection « À la française » n° 2. Cartoonist : Pierre Rousseau. Director : Job de Roincé. 1942
- La belle histoire de Jean ChouanJean ChouanJean Chouan was the nom de guerre of the Frenchman, Jean Cottereau, who was born at Saint-Berthevin, near Laval, in the department of Mayenne on 30 October 1757 and died 18 July 1794 at Olivet, also in Mayenne...
. Bande dessinée. Series : Collection « À la française » n° 3. Cartoonist: Pierre Rousseau. Director: Job de Roincé. 1942 - La Belle histoire de SurcoufRobert SurcoufRobert Surcouf was a famous French corsair. During his legendary career, he captured 47 ships and was renowned for his gallantry and chivalry, earning the nickname of Roi des Corsaires .- Youth :...
Artistic and literary edition - Paris. 1942. Coll. A la française n°5 - Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
, le Christophe ColombChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
Breton. Artistic and literary edition - Paris. 1942. Coll. A la française n°6 - Le mousse de la Bellecordière Artistic and literary edition 1943. Coll.A la française
- Le mystère du château du Taureau. Ololé Edition - Landerneau. Breton cultural propaganda for youth edition : Urz Goanag Breiz. Containing : "La Peste et le laboureur ; Une Affaire grave ; Le Miracle de la ruche ; L'Ermite qui n'avait plus de feu ; Les Moines de Cuburien". 1943.
- Les pirates de l'île aux moines, tomes 1 et 2. Art: Claudel / Written: Job de Roincé. 1946, 1947.
Books
- Jean ChouanJean ChouanJean Chouan was the nom de guerre of the Frenchman, Jean Cottereau, who was born at Saint-Berthevin, near Laval, in the department of Mayenne on 30 October 1757 and died 18 July 1794 at Olivet, also in Mayenne...
- Double victoire, (Novel), Mayenne. 1931.
- Un drame au large Pièce en 3 actes . La Voix de l'Ouest - Rennes. 1945.
- Au Pays de Léon, son histoire, ses légendes, ses pardons, RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
, H. Riou-Reuzé, 1946. My Books Collection. - Ici Rennes, Rennes, Riou-Reuzé, 1948. History
- Les Heures glorieuses du 41e R.I. X 1965, Complete history of the Fourth Republic from its early days. Further chapters deal with the conquest of AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
and the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. - Charleroi 1914, RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
, Imprimerie Les Nouvelles, 1967 - Le Livre de l'Armistice : l'Allemagne à Genoux (Novembre 1918), Imprimerie Les Nouvelles, RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
, 1968. - La Cuisine rustique. BretagneBrittany (disambiguation)Brittany is a historical province of France. It may also refer to the following affiliation:* Duchy of Brittany, an historical administrative unit...
, MaineMaine (province)Le Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France . It corresponds to the old county of Maine, with its center, the city of Le Mans.-Location:...
, AnjouAnjouAnjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...
, Forcalquier, Morel, 1970. Collaboration with Yvonne Meynier. - La Bretagne malade de la république, Rennes, imprimerie Les Nouvelles, 1971.
- Le colonel Armand, marquis de la Rouërie, Lanore, Paris, 1975.
- Le drame de QuiberonQuiberonQuiberon is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.It is situated on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon...
(1795). Imprimerie ' Les nouvelles ' à Rennes, 1976. - Histoire de Chouans, Fernand Lanore, 1978.
- Mémorial des martyrs d'AvrilléAvrilléAvrillé is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France:* Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire department* Avrillé, Vendée, in the Vendée department* Avrillé-les-Ponceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire department...
. Rennes, Les nouvelles, 1979. - Figures de Chouans, Fernand Lanore, Paris, 1980.