Madeleine Desroseaux is the

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of Florentine Monier (1873-1939), a Breton

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and

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Biography

Born in Rennes in 1873, she published poems very early in the local press. On February 4, 1895, she married in Rennes. The same year, in July, the couple founded ''Le Clocher Breton (The Breton Bell Tower)'', a bilingual literary journal which was published until 1915. Numerous artists and intellectuals of the country such as

Loeiz Herrieu Loeiz Herrieu or Louis Henrio (27 January 1879 in Lanester, then in Caudan – 22 May 1953 in Auray) was a Breton historian who wrote in his native language of Breton vannetais. The son of a farmer, he was nicknamed Er Barh Labourér ("the pea ...

Anatole Le Braz Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (2 April 1859 – 20 March 1926), was a Breton poet, folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Biography Le B ...

, Theodore Botrel, Alphonse de Chateaubriant,

Charles Le Goffic Charles Le Goffic (14 July 1863 – 12 February 1932) was a Breton poet, novelist and historian whose influence was especially strong in his native Brittany. He was a member of the Académie française. Biography Born in Lannion, northern Bri ...

or Jean-Pierre Calloc'h gathered around them. They were rewarded for the compilation of their writings by President Raymond Poincaré, on 6 July 1913. A publication of theirs, ''Poems of Brittany Times'' was crowned by the French Academy in 1930. From 1934, a regular collaboration with the ''Review of Two Worlds'' consolidated her fame. Madeleine Desroseaux died in Lorient on May 3, 1939. M. Desroseaux and A. Degoul are buried in

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...

, in Carnel cemetery. 1873 births 1939 deaths French women poets French women novelists Writers from Rennes French magazine founders {{France-poet-stub