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• Bertrand d'Argentré
  Bertrand d'Argentré
  Bertrand d'Argentré was a Breton jurist and historian.Argentraeus was born the son of Pierre d'Argentré, seneschal of Rennes, and the nephew of historian Pierre Le Baud. After studies of law in Bourges, he was named seneschal of Vitré in 1541 and seneschal of Rennes in 1547...
  
  
• Guy Autret de Missirien
  Guy Autret de Missirien
  Guy Autret de Missirien, Lord of Missirien, Lesergué, Kergoz, etc., was a French historian and genealogist born around 1599 in Goulien and died in Paris on 3 April 1660.He was the second son of Yves Autret, Lord of Lesoualc'h, etc...
  
  
• Fanch Abgrall
• Alexandre Allain
• Loeiz Andouard
• Marianna Abgrall
• Yann-Fanch Abgrall
• Octave-Louis Aubert
  Octave-Louis Aubert
  Octave-Louis Aubert, was a French editor and writer associated with Breton nationalism.Born in Paris, Aubert came to Brittany in 1893 when he got a job as assistant editor of the journal Réveil Breton in Saint-Brieuc. He soon became devoted to Breton culture. He founded Le Démocrate in 1898, and...
  
  

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• Job Ar Bayon
• Yves Marie Le Bec
• Erwan Berthou
  Erwan Berthou
  Erwan Berthou was a French and Breton language poet, writer and neo-Druidic bard. His name is also spelled Erwan Bertou and Yves Berthou. He also used the bardic pseudonyms Kaledvoulc'h, Alc'Houeder Treger and Erwanig.He was born in Pleubian, Côtes-d'Armor. He studied at the small seminary of...
  
  
• Gwilherm Berthou
  Gwilherm Berthou
  Gwilherm Berthou was a Breton nationalist terrorist and neo-Druidic bardic poet. He was a member of the Breton artistic movement Seiz Breur.-Terrorism:...
  
  
• Yann Bijer
• Aogust Bocher
• Gwilham Er Borgn
• Alan Botrel
• Theodore Botrel
  Théodore Botrel
  Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is La Paimpolaise. During World War I he became France's official "Bard of the Armies".-Life:Born in Dinan, Botrel was...
  
  
• Jos Ar Bras
• Anatole Le Braz
  Anatole Le Braz
  Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm....
  
  
• Yann Brekilien
  Yann Brekilien
  Jean Sicard , known as Yann Brekilien, was a Breton writer. Fighting in the French Resistance from 1941, he founded a secret journal with the Dupouy brothers and the sons of the bâtonnier Arrighi...
  
  
• Jean Le Bris
• Kristian Brisson
• Fañch Broudig
• Gab Brousseau

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• Gérard Caramaro
• François-René de Chateaubriand
  François-René de Chateaubriand
  François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.-Early life and exile:...
  
  
• Maris-Louis Charran
• Youenn Coic
• Tristan Corbière
  Tristan Corbière
  Tristan Corbière , born Édouard-Joachim Corbière, was a French poet born in Coat-Congar, Ploujean in Brittany, where he lived most of his life and where he died....
  
  , French language poet
• Jeanne Coroller-Danio
  Jeanne Coroller-Danio
  Jeanne Coroller-Danio was a Breton nationalist and writer. She is also known as Jeanne Coroller and Jeanne Chassin du Guerny . Her best known pen-name was Danio, but she published her work under various pseudonyms: J.C...
  
  

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• Erwan Daniel
• Emile Danoën
  Emile Danoën
  Emile Danoën was a French journalist and novelist.Danoën was born Emile Orvoën, to Peter and Leonie Le Doze at Moëlan-sur-Mer in Finistère, Brittany, but he grew up in the seamen's hostel run by his parents in the district of Saint-François in Le Havre.During the Second World War, he moved to...
  
  
• François Debeauvais
  François Debeauvais
  François Debeauvais was a Breton nationalist and wartime collaborator with Nazi Germany. His name is also spelled in many "Breton" variants: François Debauvais, Fransez Debeauvais, Fransez Debauvais, Fañch Debeauvais, Fañch Debauvais, Fañch deb.-Breiz Atao:Debeauvais was the son of a gardener from...
  
  
• Jean-Marie Déguignet
• Pêr Denez
  Pêr Denez
  Pierre Denis, known also as Pêr Denez , was a French linguist, lexicographer, scholar and writer.Denis was born in Rennes. Thanks to his contributions in the form of novels, essays and linguistics, he contributed to the preservation of the written Breton language...
  
  , Breton language novelist
• Marcel Divanach
• Daniel Doujet
• Youenn Drezen
  Youenn Drezen
  Youenn Drezen is the Breton language name of Yves Le Drézen, a Breton nationalist writer and activist. He is also known as Corentin Cariou and Tin Gariou.-Youth:...
  
  
• Yann An Du
• Julien Dupuis
• Jean Dupuis (En Neue)
• Anjela Duval, Breton language poet

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• Fañch Eliès
  Abeozen
  François Eliès, born Fañch Eliès and better known by the pseudonym Abeozen, was a Breton nationalist, novelist and dramatist who wrote in the Breton language. Abeozen was also a noted scholar of the Welsh language.Abeozen started contributing to the Breton literary journal Gwalarn in 1925...
  
   better known as Abeozen
• Jean-Louis Emily
• Guy Etienne
• Erwan Evenou

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• François Falc'hun
  François Falc'hun
  François Falc'hun was a controversial French linguist known for his theories about the origin of the Breton language. He was also an ordained Canon in the Catholic clergy.Falc'hun was professor at the Universities of Rennes and Brest...
  
  
• Francis Favereau
• Yann Ar Floc'h
• Loeiz Ar Floc'h
• Visant Fave

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• Ren Ar Gak
• René Galand
  René Galand
  René Marie Galand is a writer and Professor of French. He was born in Châteauneuf-du-Faou in Brittany.- Biography :...
  
  
• Yann Ar Gall
• Hollsent Ar Garreg
• Yvon Gourmelon (Yann Gerven)
• Maodez Glanndour
• Juluan Godest
• Fanch Gourvil
• Charlez Ar Govig
• Yeun Ar Gow
• Xavier Grall
  Xavier Grall
  Xavier Grall was a journalist and poet from Brittany, France who was a strong advocate of Breton nationalism during the Third Emsav. His work glorifies a mystical Brittany.-Early career:...
  
  
• Jules Gros
  Jules Gros
  Jules Gros, Jul Marcel Gros was a Breton linguist specializing in popular language. He was born in Paris.Gros' collecting, from his grandmother and other people in his village of Lokémo, began very early at beginning of the twentieth century. At this time there were still unilingual Breton speakers...
  
  
• Guillaume Gruel
• Jean-Michel Guilcher
• Eugène Guillevic
  Eugène Guillevic
  Eugène Guillevic was one of the better known French poets of the second half of the 20th century. Professionally, he went under just the single name "Guillevic".-Life:...
  
  
• Louis Guilloux
  Louis Guilloux
  Louis Guilloux was a French writer born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where he lived throughout his life. He is known for his Social Realist novels describing working class life and political struggles in the mid-twentieth century...
  
  
• Charlez Gwennou
• Youenn Gwernig, breton language poet

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• Marcel Hamon
• Jean L'Helgoualc'h
• Per Jakez Helias, breton language poet
• Roparz Hemon
  Roparz Hemon
  Roparz Hemon , officially named Louis-Paul Némo, was a Breton author and scholar of Breton expression.He was the author of numerous dictionaries, grammars, poems and short stories...
  
  , breton language poet
• Yann-Vari Heneu
• Eflamm An Henoret
• Loeiz Herrieu
  Loeiz Herrieu
  Loeiz Herrieu or Louis Henrio was a Breton historian who wrote in his native language of Breton vannetais. The son of a farmer, he was nicknamed Er Barh Labourér ....
  
  
• Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué (Kervarker)
• Ronan Huon

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• Yann-Fañch Jacq
• Job Jaffré
  Job Jaffré
  Joseph-Marie Jaffré, better known as Job Jaffré , was a French journalist and Breton nationalist. He also published under pseudonyms, most notably as Jos Pempoull....
  
  
• François Jaffrennou
  François Jaffrennou
  François-Joseph-Claude Jaffrennou was a Breton language writer and editor. He was a Breton nationalist and a neo-druid bard. He is also known as François Taldir-Jaffrennou, since he also used the Druidic name Taldir...
  
  
• Gerard Jaffrès
  Gerard Jaffrès
  Gérard Jaffrès is a French singer, writer and performer, born in 1956 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon .He started playing the guitar at the age of 15, playing mostly folk repertoire and pop music ....
  
  
• Yann-Vari Jakob (Efflamm Koed Skaù)
• Yann-Eozen Jarl
• Kristof Jezegou
• Yves-Marie Le Joncour
• Soaig Jonkour

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• Yann-Fanch Kaba
• Filomena Kadoret
• Yann-Ber Kalloc'h
  Jean-Pierre Calloc'h
  Yann-Ber Kalloc'h , French writer in Breton and French. He died in combat in World War I, near Urvillers/Cerizy The Breton Scouting organization Bleimor is named in his honor....
  
  
• Fanch Kaorel
• Kerlann
• Fañch Kerrain
• Hervé Kerrain
• Mark Kerrain
• Jakez Kerrien
• Erwan Kervella, breton language poet
• Fransez Kervella
• Goulc'han Kervella
• Corentin Louis Kervran
  Corentin Louis Kervran
  Corentin Louis Kervran was a French scientist best known for his defense of the unconventional belief in biological transmutation. In WWII he was part of the French Resistance...
  
  
• Kerwerc'hez
• Marsel Klerg
• Iouann Klodig
• Jakez Konan
• Andreo Koulouarn
• Ivon Krog
• Jos Kuilhandr

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• Jehan Lagadeuc
• Célestin Lainé
  Célestin Lainé
  Célestin Lainé was a Breton nationalist and collaborator during the Second World War who led the SS affiliated Bezen Perrot militia. His Breton language name is Neven Hénaff. He was a chemical engineer by training. After the war he lived in Ireland.- Breton terrorism :He was born in 1908 in Nantes...
  
   (Neven an Henaff)
• Yves Lainé
  Yves Lainé
  Yves Lainé, born 1937, is a Breton lawyer, politician and companies executive manager, now a writer, arguing for the return of Loire-Atlantique departement in the administrative région of Brittany the reunification and devolution of the historical Brittany....
  
  
• Xavier de Langlais
  Xavier de Langlais
  Xavier de Langlais was a Breton painter, printmaker and writer. He usually signed his work with the name Langleiz, a Breton language version of his surname.-Early career:...
  
   (Langleiz)
• Pier Laorans
• Fañch Al Lay
• Henry Le Bal
• Pierre Le Baud
• Morvan Lebesque
  Morvan Lebesque
  Morvan Lebesque , was the Breton language name of Maurice Lebesque, a Breton nationalist activist and French journalist....
  
  
• Charles Le Goffic
  Charles Le Goffic
  Charles Le Goffic was a French poet, novelist and historian whose influence was especially strong in his native Brittany. He was a member of the Académie française.-Biography:...
  
  
• Camille Le Mercier d'Erm
  Camille Le Mercier d'Erm
  Camille Le Mercier d'Erm was a French poet, historian and Breton nationalist. He later adopted the neo-Bardic name Kammermor. He is also known as Kamil Ar Merser 'Erm, the Breton language form of his name...
  
  
• Gwion Létard-Morliguen
• Auguste Loriquer
• François-Marie Luzel
  François-Marie Luzel
  François-Marie Luzel , often known by his Breton name Fañch an Uhel, was a French folklorist and Breton-language poet.- Early years :...
  
  
• Pierre Le con

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• Mikael Madeg
• Tangi Malmanche
• Pier Martin
• Yvona Martin
• Emile Masson
  Émile Masson
  Émile Masson was a Breton writer and thinker. He also used the pseudonyms Brenn, Ewan Gweznou, and Ion Prigent.Born in Brest, he was not brought up speaking Breton, but acquired the language in later life. He received two degrees and moved to Paris...
  
  
• Jakez Masson
• Roperzh Ar Mason
• Fanch Ar May
• Fant Rozeg-Meaven
• Loeiza Er Meliner
• Martial Ménard
• Konstansa Ar Merer
• Andreo Merser
• Jean-Claude Miossec
• Yves Miossec
• Erwan Ar Moal
• Laouig Ar Moal
• Meven Mordiern
• Olier Mordrel
  Olier Mordrel
  Olier Mordrel is the Breton language version of Olivier Mordrelle, a Breton nationalist and wartime collaborator with the Third Reich who founded the separatist Breton National Party. Before the war he worked as an architect. His architectural work was influenced by Art Deco and the International...
  
  
• Françoise Morvan
  Françoise Morvan
  Françoise Morvan is a French writer who specialises in Breton history and culture.She studied literature in Colombes, then at the Sorbonne...
  
  
• Fanch Morvannou
• Renan Ar Mougn

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• 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...
  
  
• Fañch Peru
• Ivonig Picard
• Yann-Bêr Piriou
• Jean-Yves Plourin
• Remont Ar Porzh
• Glaoda Ar Prad
• Maria Prat
• Per Pronost

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• Ernest Renan
  Ernest Renan
  Ernest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...
  
  
• Jakez Riou
• Armand Robin
  Armand Robin
  Armand Robin was a French poet, translator, and journalist.- Life :Robin was born in Plouguernével by Rostrenen and came to Paris. He was unable to settle down for all his life. He traveled to USSR in 1934, and returned shocked by the reality of communism...
  
  
• Charlez Rolland
• Anna-Vari Ropars
• Guy Ropartz
• Jean Le Roux
• Louis Napoleon Le Roux
  Louis Napoleon Le Roux
  Louis Napoléon Le Roux was a Breton nationalist. He is also known as Loeiz-Napoleon Ar Rouz in the Breton language. In 1911 he was one of the founders of the Breton Nationalist Party with Camille Le Mercier d'Erm. He typically signed himself Louis N...
  
  
• Jean-Louis Rozeg
• Naig Rozmor
• Mikael A Rusunan

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• Guillaume de Saint-André
  Guillaume de Saint-André
  Guillaume de Saint-André was the secretary and biographer of John IV of Brittany.-Bibliography:*Histoire de Jean de Bretagne...
  
  
• Victor Segalen
  Victor Segalen
  Victor Segalen was a French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist and literary critic....
  
  
• Juluen Sklisson
• Yann Sohier
• Jean-Marie Le Scraigne

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• Bernez Tangi, Breton language poet
• Lan Tangi
• Louis Tiercelin
  Louis Tiercelin
  Louis Tiercelin , was a French writer, poet and playwright associated with the Breton cultural renaissance of the early 20th century....
  
  
• Paotr-Treoure (Aogustin Konk)
• Pierre Trépos

External links (in French)

• Bibliographie de Bretagne, ouvrages littéraires et autres.
• Institut culturel de Bretagne, section littérature.