Edmond Brazès (

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), 1893 – 10 June 1980) was a French writer in both

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and French. He worked as a

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and in his spare time, he wrote poems, tales, theatre plays and memories as a hobby. He worked for 40 years in the magazine La Tramontane. Although he had not a high education, he became a well-known writer and was the secretary in the

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of la Ginesta d'Or . He took part in the foundation Roussillon's Catalan Studies Group (Grup Rossellonès d'Estudis Catalans, GREC). The publication Terra Nostra and the publishing company el Trabucaire published his complete work in 2003.

Works

* ''La vie et l'oeuvre de Mossèn Esteve Caseponce'' (1948), essay * ''L'ocell de les cireres'' (1957), poetry * ''Històries del veïnat'' (1965), tale * ''La neu'' (1970), play 1893 births 1980 deaths People from Céret Catalan-language writers French male poets 20th-century French poets 20th-century French male writers {{France-poet-stub