Paol Keineg (born February 6, 1944) is a Breton-American writer and poet born in Quimerc'h (

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). He worked in several places in Brittany as a supervisor before becoming a teacher in Morlaix. He was fired without any official reason in 1972, because of his political separatist leftist Breton points of view. He set up his first plays in 1973 : ''Le Printemps des Bonnets Rouges'' (The spring of the red hats) about an historical revolt in Brittany. In the mid-1970s he moved to

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, where he worked illegally as a welder without a green card. In 1977, he put his name down for

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, where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1981. He taught French and literature in Dartmouth College, Brown University, and is now in

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, after being invited to teach in Berkeley and Harvard universities. In 1983, he created the review called "Poésie-Bretagne" (Poetry-Brittany). He writes his books in

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and

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languages. He is the father of

Katell Keineg Katell Keineg (born February 1965), is a Breton- Welsh singer-songwriter, based in Wales. Early life Born in Brittany and raised first there and later in the Rhymney Valley, Katell Keineg is the second child and only daughter of Breton poet and ...

Books

*"Un enterrement dans l'île" (in French), translations of Hugh MacDiarmid, Les Hauts Fonds, 2016 *''Qui?'' (in French), translations of R.S. Thomas with Marie-Thérèse Castay and Jean-Yves Le Disez, Les Hauts Fonds, 2015 *''Mauvaises langues'' (in French), Obsidiane, 2014 *''Histoires vraies/Mojennoù gwir/Histórias verícas'' (in Portuguese), translations by Ruy Proença, Dobra Editorial, 2014 *''Abalamour'' (in Breton and French), drawings by François Dilasser, Les Hauts Fonds, 2012 *''Les trucs sont démolis'' (in French),

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/Obsidiane, 2008 *"Wiersze Bretonskie" (in Polish), translations by Kazimierz Brakoniecki, Olsztyn/Centrum Polsko-Francuskie, 2007 *''Là et pas là'' (in French), Le temps qu'il fait/Lettres sur cour, 2005 *''Terre lointaine'' (in French),

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, 2004 *''Triste Tristan, suivi de Diglossie, j'y serre mes glosses'' (in French), Éditions Apogée, 2003 *''Anna Zero'' (in French), Éditions Apogée, 2002 *''Dieu et madame Lagadec'' (in French), Scorff's editions, 2001 *''A Cournille'' (in French), Dana editions, 1999 *''Tohu'' (in English), Wigwam editions, 1995 *''Silva return, Maurice Nodeau and Guernica'' (in English) (

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), 1989 *''Oiseaux de Bretagne, oiseaux d'Amérique'' (in French), Obsidiane, 1984 *''Préfaces au Gododdin'' (in French), Bretagnes editions, 1981 *''Boudica, Taliesin et autres poèmes'' (in French), Maurice Nadeau, 1980 *''35 haiku'' (in Breton), Bretagne editions, 1978 *''Lieux communs, suivi de Dahut'' (in French), Gallimard editions, 1974 (won

Prix Fénéon The Fénéon Prize (''Prix Fénéon''), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic Félix Fén� ...

, 1974) *''Histoires vraies/Mojennoù gwir'' (in French and Breton), P.J. Oswald, 1974 *''Le printemps des Bonnets Rouges'' (in French), P.J. Oswald, 1972 *''Chroniques et croquis des villages verrouillés'' (in French), P.J. Oswald, 1971 *''Hommes liges des talus en transes'' (in French), P.J. Oswald, 1969 *''Le poème du pays qui a faim'' (in French), Traces, 1967, Bretagne editions, 1982

Plays

His all playwriting has been written in French. *''Le printemps des Bonnets Rouges'', Théâtre de la Tempête, directed by

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, December 1972- January 1973. *''(Manque d')aventures en Pathogénie'', France-Culture, directed by Jean Taromi, 1983. *''La Reine de la nuit'', Théâtre du Miroir, Châteaulin, Finistère, 1992. *''Kaka, ou l'Entrevue céleste'', in ''La Nuit des naissances'', Théâtre de Folle Pensée, Saint-Brieuc, 1994. *''Anna Zéro''. Gwengolo (Tombées de la nuit), directed by Michel Jestin, Rennes, 2002. *''Terre lointaine'', Théâtre de Folle Pensée, directed by Annie Lucas, Quimper, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keineg, Paol 1944 births Living people French poets Writers from Brittany American people of Breton descent French male poets Breton-language poets Breton Democratic Union politicians International Writing Program alumni Prix Fénéon winners University of Western Brittany alumni Brown University alumni

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