Paol Keineg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paol Keineg

French writer

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Quimerc'h, Brittany, France

Profession: poet, playwright, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Paol Keineg (born February 6, 1944) is a Breton-American writer and poet born in Quimerc'h (Brittany). He worked in a several places in Brittany as a supervisor before becoming a teacher in Morlaix.
He was fired without any official reason in 1972, because of his political separatist leftist Breton points of view.
He set up his first plays in 1973 : Le Printemps des Bonnets Rouges (The spring of the red hats) about an historical revolt in Brittany. In the mid-1970s he moved to California, where he worked illegally as a welder without a green card.
In 1977, he put his name down for Brown University, where he graduated with a Ph.D.
in 1981.
He taught French and literature in Dartmouth College, Brown University, and is now in Duke University, after being invited to teach in Berkeley and Harvard universities.In 1983, he created the review called "Poésie-Bretagne" (Poetry-Brittany).
He writes his books in Breton, French and English languages. He is the father of Katell Keineg.