Gabriel Benoist (11 July 1891 – 27 October 1964) was a French writer in the

Cauchois dialect Cauchois (; ) is one of the eastern dialects of the Norman language that is spoken in and takes its name from the Pays de Caux region of the Seine-Maritime department. Status The Pays de Caux is one of the remaining strongholds of the Norman lan ...

of the

Norman language Norman or Norman French (, , Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a ''Langues d'oïl, langue d'oïl'' spoken in the historical region, historical and Cultural area, cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to des ...

. He is best known for the Thanase Pequeu stories of which three volumes were published in the 1930s. He was born at

Gournay-en-Bray Gournay-en-Bray (, before 1962: ''Gournay'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in north-western France. Geography A ...

in the

Pays de Caux The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French '' département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cl ...

region of the

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inf� ...

department of Normandy. He was the second eldest of a family of eleven children. He is buried at Yvetot.

Works

* ''Thanase Péqueu'' (February 1, 1932) * ''Le mariage de Thanase Péqueu'' * ''Les Histouères de Thanase Péqueu'', (1932–1937, in '' Le Journal de Rouen''). Norman-language writers 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers 1891 births 1964 deaths {{France-writer-stub