Paol Keineg

Paol Keineg (born in 1944 in Brittany) is the author of about 20 books of poetry and plays. He was fired from his first teaching job for his separatist Breton activism. In the mid 1970s he moved to California where he first worked as a welder. Then went to graduate school at Brown University (PhD 1981) and taught French and literature at Dartmouth, Brown, and Duke Universities. In 2009 he returned to his native Brittany. He is the father of the singer Katell Keineg.

Paol Keineg (born in 1944 in Brittany) is the author of about 20 books of poetry and plays. He was fired from his first teaching job for his separatist Breton activism. In the mid 1970s he moved to California where he first worked as a welder. Then went to graduate school at Brown University (PhD 1981) and taught French and literature at Dartmouth, Brown, and Duke Universities. In 2009 he returned to his native Brittany. He is the father of the singer Katell Keineg. See less