Anatole Le Braz

Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (2 April 1859 – 20 March 1926), was a French poet, folklore collector, and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and was known for his warmth and charm.

Biography Le Braz was born in Saint-Servais, Côtes-d'Armor, and was raised amongst woodcutters and charcoal burners, speaking the Breton language; his parents did not speak French. He spent his holidays in Trégor, which inspired his later work. He began school at the age of 10 at Saint-Brieuc, and progressed swiftly to a degree at the Sorbonne, where he studied for seven years. He is the maternal great-grandfather of the musician Tina Weymouth, and the architect Yann Weymouth along with their six siblings.

Le Braz died at Menton on the French Riviera. Among the mourners was the French prime minister, Aristide Briand. 1894. Pâques d'Islande, 1897. Vieilles histoires du pays breton, 1897 Le Gardien du feu, novel, 1900. Le Sang de la sirène ("The Blood of the Siren"), 1901. La Légende de la mort chez les Bretons armoricains, revised and expanded as La légende de la mort en Basse-Bretagne, 1902. Cognomerus et sainte Trefine. Mystère breton en deux journées, text and translation, 1904 Contes du soleil et de la brume, 1905. Ames d'Occident, 1911. Poèmes votifs, 1926. Introduction, Bretagne. Les Guides bleus (Paris: Hachette, 1949) La Bretagne. Choix de texte précédés d'une étude (Rennes: Éditions La Recouvrance, 1995)