Marcel Le Floc'h

Marcel Le Floc'h, whose pseudonym was Gwendal or Gwendal Ar Floc'h, was a Breton storyteller, born in January 1932 in Langonnet and died in July 2016. Born in Breton Brittany, he went to Paris where he tried to succeed as an actor in theatre and cinema. He made his debut as a Breton storyteller at La Mission bretonne (Ti ar vretoned) and in the Breton broadcasts of Radio Pays where he also offered Breton lessons. He participated in the filming of Claude Chabrol's adaptation of Le Cheval d'orgueil. He played the picture showman and managed to impose that his dialogue be in Breton1. He returned to his native Gourin towards the end of his life, performing in numerous events and radio programmes.