Louis Tiercelin (

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

, 1846 - Paramé, 1915), was a French writer, poet and playwright associated with the Breton cultural renaissance of the early 20th century. He debuted at the age of 18 with two plays performed at the theatre of Rennes. He founded and edited for a period the newspaper ''La Jeunesse'' (Youth). In 1889 he published with

Guy Ropartz Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor. His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A min ...

''Le Parnasse breton contemporain'' (The Modern Breton Parnassus), an anthology of Breton poetry of the 2nd half of the nineteenth century. In October 1890, he founded the ''Revue L’Hermine'' (Ermine Revue), the ermine being the symbol of Brittany. He led this for 22 years and brought together many Breton poets and writers, including François-Marie Luzel, Anatole Le Braz and Charles Le Goffic.Ad. van Bever, ''Les poètes du terroir du XVE au XXe siècle'', tome premier, Librairie Ch.Delagrave, Paris, circa 1910

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiercelin, Louis 1846 births 1915 deaths Writers from Rennes Breton Regionalist Union members 19th-century French poets 20th-century French poets 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights