Gérard Le Gouic (born 11 June 1936, in
Rédené) is a French poet and writer.
Biography
Gérard Le Gouic was baptized in September 1936 in the church of
Rédené (Finistère). His parents resided in the
14th arrondissement of Paris. He lived there until his departure for Africa. He met the poet
Maurice Fombeure, then professor at the Collège Lavoisier in Paris. He spent his childhood holiday in Brittany, home of his parents.
During his military service in Algeria, he became friends with poet
Max Alhau [
fr] and painter Jacques Rouquier.
From 1959 to 1969, he lived in Africa. His activities in trade will lead him to
Fort Lamy in Chad (where he met
Henri Queffélec and with whom he became friends) to
Pointe-Noire in
Congo at
Douala in
Cameroon and
Bangui, Central African Republic. He regularly returned to spend his holidays in Brittany.
On his return to Brittany in 1969, he occupied himself for thirty years with a souvenir shop in
Quimper. The sign he chose, "Telen Arvor" ("Harp of Armor") is the title of a collection of the poet
Auguste Brizeux and will also be the name he will choose for his own publishing house.
Distinctions
Prix de poésie de l'Académie de Bretagne et des Pays de la Loire in 2008
2005: Je ne suis pas un monstre, éditions La Part Commune
2003: Pendant l'agonie, la vente continue, éditions Telen Arvor
2002: Henri Thomas et la Bretagne, éditions Blanc Silex
2001: Une odeur d'amour, éditions Coop Breizh
1997: Le Grand Pays, éditions Telen Arvor
1994: Journal de Kermadeoua, éditions Liogan
1994: Deux années à digitales, éditions Blanc Silex
1987: Journal de ma boutique, éditions Telen Arvor
Bibliography
1987: Gérard Le Gouic ou la Bretagne universelle, Jean Wagner,
Éditions Du Rouerge [
fr], series "Visages de ce temps"
1977:Poésie présente : six poètes de Bretagne (
Saint-Pol-Roux and Guy Faucher, Anne Teyssieras,
Georges Drano, Gérard Le Gouic,
Denis Rigal), Éd. Rougerie