List of Breton authors

A

• Bertrand d'Argentré
  Bertrand d'Argentré
  Bertrand d’Argentré or Argentraeus 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 .He was the second son of Yves Autret, Lord of Lesoualc'h, etc...
  
  
• Fanch Abgrall
• Alexandre Allain
• Loeiz Andouard
• Marianna Abgrall
• Yann-Fanch Abgrall

B

• Job Ar Bayon
• Yves Marie Le Bec
• Yann Bijer
• Aogust Bocher
• Gwilham Er Borgn
• Alan Botrel
• Jos Ar Bras
• Anatol Ar 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

C

• Gérard Caramaro
• François-René de Chateaubriand
  François-René de Chateaubriand
  François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician and diplomat. 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, near Morlaix in Brittany, where he lived most of his life and where he died....
  
  , French language poet
• Jeanne Coroller-Danio

D

• Erwan Daniel
• Fanch Debauvais
• Jean-Marie Déguignet
• Pêr Denez, 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

F

• 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

G

• Ren Ar Gak
• 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.Xavier Grall is a journalist, poet and writer Breton born 22 June 1930 to Landivisiau and died on 11 December 1981 to Quimperlé ....
  
  
• 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"....
  
  
• Charlez Gwennou
• Youenn Gwernig, breton language poet

H

• Marcel Hamon
• Jean L'Helgoualc'h
• Per Jakez Helias, breton language poet
• Roparz Hemon
  Roparz Hemon
  Roparz Hemon 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

J

• Yann-Fañch Jacq
• Job Jaffré
• Taldir-Jaffrennou
• 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

K

• Yann-Fanch Kaba
• Filomena Kadoret
• Yann-Ber Kalloc'h
  Jean-Pierre Calloc'h
  Yann-Ber Kalloc'h , French writer in Breton and FrenchHe was born on the island of Groix, the son of a humble fisher and he became an orphan in 1902. He studied in the Auray seminary in 1900 and in the Vannes seminary in 1905, but he quit to look after his sick siblings...
  
  
• 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

L

• 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.- Breton terrorism :...
  
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• 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:...
  
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• 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....
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  

M

• Mikael Madeg
• Tangi Malmanche
• Pier Martin
• Yvona Martin
• Emil Masson
• 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 Nazi Germany who founded the fascistic 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

P

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

R

• Ernest Renan
  Ernest Renan
  Ernest Renan was a French 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
• Jean Le Roux
• Loeiz-Napoleon Ar Rouz
• Jean-Louis Rozeg
• Naig Rozmor
• Mikael A Rusunan

S

• Guillaume de Saint-André
• 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

T

• Bernez Tangi, breton language poet
• Lan Tangi
• Paotr-Treoure (Aogustin Konk)
• Pierre Trépos

External links (in French)

• Bibliographie de Bretagne, ouvrages littéraires et autres.
• Unvaniezh Skrivagnerien Vreizh, Association des Écrivains Bretons.
• Institut culturel de Bretagne, section littérature.