Ronan Leprohon

(from left to right) Roger "Ronan" Leprohon, one of the founders and one of the old editor-in-chief of the magazine Le Peuple breton ("The Breton People), and Gael Briand, the current editor-in-chief, during a colloquium of Faculty of political science of Rennes organized on April 4th and 5th, 2013 and dedicated to the Breton Democratic Union (UDB). Ronan Leprohon (born Roger Leprohon; 22 March 1939 – 23 August 2017) was a 20th-century French Breton academic historian, politician, and lifelong Breton nationalist.

Background

Roger Leprohon was born on March 22, 1939. His father a militant communist laborer, his mother a Breton-speaker.

Career

Academic

In 1969, Leprohon became a professor of modern history at the University of Western Brittany in Brest, Brittany, France. Many others paid tribute to him at his time of death.

Works

Quand les Bretons racontent leur propre histoire, Presses populaires de Bretagne, 2018, 174 p.,