▁pseud onym s ▁B ren n , ▁E wan ▁G we zn ou , ▁and ▁I on ▁Pr igent . ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁Br est , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁brought ▁up ▁speaking ▁Bre ton , ▁but ▁acquired ▁the ▁language ▁in ▁later ▁life . ▁He ▁received ▁two ▁degrees ▁( ph il osoph y ▁and ▁English ) ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁Paris . ▁He ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁several ▁radical ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁period : ▁the ▁d rey f us ards , ▁an arch ism , ▁collect iv ism , ▁ant im il itar ism . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁he ▁be fri ended ▁É l isée ▁Rec lus , ▁K rop ot kin ▁and ▁Rom ain ▁Rol land . ▁He ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁universitaire ▁popul aires ▁( 1 8 9 9 – 1 9 0 5 ). ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Brit t any , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁English ▁at ▁Pont iv y ▁High ▁School . ▁He ▁translated ▁many ▁works ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Car ly le ▁into ▁French . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁he ▁became ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁literary ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁Bre ton ▁Regional ist ▁Union . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁Bre ton ▁National ist ▁Party , ▁and ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁its ▁journal ▁Bre iz ▁D ish ual ▁(" Free ▁Brit t any "). ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁founder ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁of ▁the ▁journal ▁Bru g , ▁an ▁an arch ist ▁magazine ▁in ▁the ▁Bre ton ▁language .