▁started ▁to ▁collect ▁and ▁publish ▁local ▁tales ▁and ▁leg ends ▁and ▁wrote ▁original ▁works . ▁ ▁Pub lished ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁and ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁the ▁literary ▁journal ▁G wal arn ▁fav oured ▁a ▁modern ▁Bre ton ▁literature ▁and ▁helped ▁transl ating ▁widely ▁known ▁nov els ▁into ▁Bre ton . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁journal ▁Al ▁Li amm ▁purs ued ▁that ▁mission . ▁Among ▁the ▁authors ▁writing ▁in ▁Bre ton ▁are ▁August e ▁B ri ze ux , ▁a ▁Rom antic ▁poet , ▁the ▁ne o - D ru id ic ▁b ard ▁Er wan ▁Ber th ou , ▁Thé odore ▁H ers art ▁de ▁La ▁Ville mar qué , ▁who ▁collected ▁the ▁local ▁leg ends ▁about ▁King ▁Arthur , ▁R op arz ▁H emon , ▁founder ▁of ▁G wal arn , ▁P ê r - J ake z ▁Hel ias , ▁Glen mor , ▁P ê r ▁D enez ▁and ▁Me av enn . ▁ ▁Bre ton ▁literature ▁in ▁French ▁includes ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁historical ▁nov els ▁by ▁É mile ▁S ouv estre , ▁travel ▁journ als ▁by ▁An ato le ▁Le ▁Bra z , ▁po ems ▁and ▁nov els ▁by ▁Charles ▁Le ▁Go ffic , ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁singer - song writer ▁Thé odore ▁Bot rel ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁mar itime ▁writer ▁Henri ▁Que ff é le c . ▁Brit t any ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁birth place ▁of ▁many ▁French ▁writers ▁like ▁François - R en é ▁de ▁Ch ate