Fañch Peru
Mayor of Berhet
In office March 1983 – March 2001
Preceded by	Louis Merrer
Succeeded by	Jean-Yves Bourveau
Personal details
Born	François Le Peru (1940-02-08)8 February 1940 Ploubezre, France
Died	13 January 2023(2023-01-13) (aged 82)
Political party	UDB
Occupation	Teacher Writer

François Le Peru (8 February 1940 – 13 January 2023), known by the pen name Fañch Peru, was a French teacher and writer of the Breton language.^[1]

Biography

Le Peru worked as a teacher in Tréguier for many years, where he was a member of the Cercle Culturel Ernest Renan. He wrote articles in numerous Breton-language newspapers and magazines, such as Brud, Ar Falz [fr], and Le Peuple breton [fr]. As a member of the Breton Democratic Union, he served as mayor of Berhet from 1983 to 2001.

Fañch Peru died on 13 January 2023, at the age of 82.^[2]

Works

• Ur c'huzhiad avaloù douss-trenk (1985)
• Teñzor run ar gov (1988)
• Glizarc'hant (1988)
• Bugel ar c'hoad (1989)
• An Traoniennoù glas (1993)
• Enezenn an eñvor (1994)
• Etrezek an aber sall (1995)
• 60 pennad e brezhoneg bev (1996)
• Kernigelled ar goanv (1997)
• Hentoù ar C'hornog (1998)
• Eñvorennoù Melen ki bihan rodellek (1999)
• Va enezenn din-me (2000)
• Eus an aod vev d'ar c'hoad don (2002)
• Gwaskado (2004)
• Gwenodennoù hon hunvreoù (2007)
• Kanfarded Milin ar Wern (2008)
• Ur vuhez kazh (2010)
• Kan ar stivell (2012)
• Bigorned-sukr ha bara mel (2014)
• Ar C'hizeller hag ar Vorganez (2016)
• E Seizh avel ar bed (2021)

References