Angèle Jacq

Angèle Jacq (1937, Landudal – April 12, 2021Angèle Jacq, autrice et défenseuse de la langue bretonne, est décédée ) was a farmer who became a bank employee. From 1995, she began writing historical novels that happened in Brittany.

In 2003, her literary work earned her the collar of the Order of the Ermine, bestowed by the . She also was a strong supporter of the Breton language. She spoke Breton. She was against the destruction of the collective memory of the Bretons and for a popular education detached from the State.

 Works 
Historical novels:
1995: Les braises de la liberté, Éditions France-Empire. Reprinted in 2010 by Coop Breizh, this novel has a sequel, Tinaig, also published by Coop Breizh
1997: Légendes de Bretagne, France-Empire
1999: Le voyage de Jabel, Edilarge, Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE in 2000
2002: Ma langue au chat, Le Palémon
 In the series Les hommes libres :
2003: Volume 1: Ils n'avaient que leurs mains, Le Palémon
2005: Volume 2: Un brassard et des sabots, Le Palémon
2007: Volume 3: Liberté Frankiz Fahafana, Le Palémon

References

 Other websites 
 Angèle Jacq on les Éditions du Palémon, in Quimper
 Biographie on DiwanParis
 Angèle Jacq on Babelio
 Angèle Jacq : Nous ferons tout ce qu'il faut pour être un peuple à jamais on Agence Bretagne Presse

Category:1937 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Writers from Brittany
Category:People from Finistère
Category:French novelists