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Paol Keineg

パオル・ケイネグ

Paol Keineg

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944-02-06 （Quimerc'h, Brittany）
Nationality
France
Languages
French, Breton, English
Residence History
Quimerc'h, Brittany → Morlaix, Brittany → California → Rhode Island, Brown University → North Carolina, Duke University

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, teacher, supervisor
Active Years
1967-2024
Affiliations
Union démocratique bretonne

Education

Brown University
French and Literature
Degree: Ph.D.
Period: 1977-1981
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: United States
Ph.D. in French and Literature

Awards

Prix Fénéon
1974
Work: Lieux communs, suivi de Dahut
Result: winner
Prix Max Jacob
2015
Work: Mauvaise langues
Result: winner
prix de poésie Yves Cosson
2020
Work: totality of his work
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lieux communs, suivi de Dahut

1974 poetry

Poetry collection on Breton themes. Won Prix Fénéon.

Brittanyautonomyidentity

Mauvaise langues

2014 poetry

Poetry exploring language and identity. Won Prix Max Jacob.

languageBreton culture

Le poème du pays qui a faim

1967 poem

First poetry book depicting hungry Brittany.

hungerBrittany

Bibliography

  • Le poème du pays qui a faim
  • Hommes liges des talus en transes
  • Chroniques et croquis des villages verrouillés
  • Le printemps des Bonnets Rouges
  • Histoires vraies/Mojennoù gwir
  • Lieux communs, suivi de Dahut
  • 35 haiku
  • Boudica, Taliesin et autres poèmes
  • Préfaces au Gododdin
  • Oiseaux de Bretagne, oiseaux d'Amérique
  • Silva return
  • Tohu
  • A Cournille
  • Dieu et madame Lagadec
  • Anna Zero
  • Triste Tristan, suivi de Diglossie, j'y serre mes glosses
  • Terre lointaine
  • Là et pas là
  • Wiersze Bretonskie
  • Les trucs sont démolis
  • Abalamour
  • Histoires vraies/Mojennoù gwir/Histórias verícas
  • Mauvaises langues
  • Qui?
  • Un enterrement dans l'île
  • Johnny Onion descend de son vélo
  • Korriganiques

Style & Themes

Literary Style
MultilingualRich poetic expression
Recurring Motifs
Breton landscapesidentitylanguage

Legacy

Breton writer and poet involved in autonomy movement, writing in multiple languages, taught at US universities.

Trivia

  • Father of singer Katell Keineg
  • Breton autonomy activist
  • Published early poems by Rita Dove