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This is a list of Norman-language writers and their published works of more recent times (for Channel Island authors, ''see 
; Lucien Malot (1921 - 2012)
: Born in Bolbec. Taking up literature on his retirement, he produced texts in Cauchois for the newspaper ''Le Courrier Cauchois''. A collection of stories ''Eul taiseu de Boulbé'' was published in 2008.
This is a list of Norman-language writers and their published works of more recent times (for Channel Island authors, ''see Jèrriais literature
Jèrriais literature is literature in Jèrriais, the Norman dialect of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The literary tradition in Jersey is traced back to Wace, the 12th century Jersey-born poet, although there is little surviving literature in JÃ ...
and Dgèrnésiais''). Literature in Norman ranges from early Anglo-Norman literature Anglo-Norman may refer to:
*Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066
*Anglo-Norman language
** Anglo-Norman literature
*Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 106 ...
through the 19th-century Norman literary renaissance to modern writers. Authors are sorted by date of birth.
; Jean Dorey (1831-1872), from Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the ...
; Arnould-Désiré Galopin (9 February 1863 – 9 December 1934, from Marbeuf)
: Best known as a prolific author in French of popular fiction: adventure stories, historical novels, travel writing and detective fiction, Galopin also wrote the article ''Le Patois normand'' published in ''Le livre du Millénaire de la Normandie, 911–1911'' (Paris 1911) and is known to be responsible for the authorship of a small number of poems in the La Hague
La Hague () is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Beaumont-Hague (the seat), Acqueville, Auderville, Biville, Branville-Hague, ...
dialect of Norman.
; Charles Lepeley (1889–1970, from Barfleur
Barfleur () is a commune and fishing village in Manche, Normandy, northwestern France.
History
During the Middle Ages, Barfleur was one of the chief ports of embarkation for England.
* 1066: A large medallion fixed to a rock in the harbour ...
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:A parish priest in the Val de Saire, between 1928 and 1938, the Abbé Charles Lepeley wrote about a hundred humorous tales, often with a moral point behind them, for the parish magazine ''L'Hirondelle''.
; Gabriel Benoist
Gabriel Benoist (11 July 1891 – 27 October 1964) was a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language. He is best known for the Thanase Pequeu stories of which three volumes were published in the 1930s.
He was born at Gournay-en- ...
: Cauchois author of ''Thanase Pequeu'' stories of which three volumes were published in the 1930s
;Alfred Mouchel (1905–1989, from the Val de Saire)
: Described a "peasant-poet", he contributed poems and short stories for almost 40 years to the newspaper ''La Presse de la Manche'', as well as compiling a Norman glossary (1944).
; Gires Ganne ( Fernand Lechanteur 1910–1971)
: Author of ''La Normandie traditionnelle'', a collection of articles on language and traditions, his poetry (''Es Set vents du Cotentin'', 1972) only became widely known after his death. He worked to unify the orthography of the Norman language, proposing reforms. In 1968, he founded an association ''Parlers et Traditions Populaires de Normandie''. A Viking-boat-shaped stone monument to his memory was erected after his death near the seashore of his native Agon.
; Côtis-Capel
Côtis-Capel (22 January 1915 – 30 October 1986) was the pen name of Albert Lohier, a Norman language poet. He was from La Hague and wrote in the Haguais dialect of Cotentinais
Cotentinais is the dialect of the Norman language spoken in the ...
(Albert Lohier 1915–1986, from Cherbourg)
: Priest and fisherman, highly influential poet in La Hague, ''Rocâles'' (1951), ''A Gravage'' (1965), ''Raz Bannes'' (1971), ''Graund Câté'' (1980), ''Les Côtis'' (1985), ''Ganache'' (1987); winner of the ''Prix littéraire du Cotentin'' in 1964
; Lucien Malot (1921 - 2012)
: Born in Bolbec. Taking up literature on his retirement, he produced texts in Cauchois for the newspaper ''Le Courrier Cauchois''. A collection of stories ''Eul taiseu de Boulbé'' was published in 2008.References