Yann Brekilien
French writer and magistrate
About Yann Brekilien
Lived 1920 – 2009 (aged 88). Yann Brekilien was a French magistrate, french resistance fighter and justice of the peace.
Jean Sicard (11 December 1920, Paris – 12 March 2009), 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. In 1942, he entered the Ceux de la Résistance (CDLR) and the following year joined the maquis to escape the STO, hiding at Elliant, commanding an FFI section and fighting in the battles of summer 1945. After the war he worked as a magistrate as well as a prolific author, becoming founder and honorary president of the association des écrivains Bretons.
Brekilien died on 12 March 2009, at the age of 88.
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Who was Yann Brekilien?
French writer and magistrate (1920-2009)
When was Yann Brekilien born?
Yann Brekilien was born on 11 December 1920 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
When did Yann Brekilien die?
Yann Brekilien died on 12 March 2009 in Quimper.
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Yann Brekilien was a magistrate, french resistance fighter and justice of the peace.
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Yann Brekilien was French.
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