Yves Le Febvre
Yves Le Febvre, (December 24, 1874 - January 21, 1959), was a leftist and anticlerical
Life and work
Born in a middle-class family in
In March 1900, he created with Charles Brunellière the Socialist Federation of Brittany, at a congress in Nantes. He became very active as a political journalist in the journal Breton Socialiste which was succeeded by Réveil du Finistère, in which he developed a legislative programme for republican and socialist rural politics.
A freethinking Socialist, he wrote a number of critical studies of the historical myths created by the nationalistic and often reactionary "
An official of Court of Appeal at Amiens after World War I, Yves Le Febvre became president of the Supporters of Morally Abandoned Children of the Somme, becoming very active in the group's role in assisting neglected and criminalised children who were victims of the devastation caused by the war.
Publications
- La Terre des Prêtres (Land of Priests), 1924. Le Febvre expected that this work would scandalize the clergy, but not to the extent that it did, including a long lawsuit and numerous attacks on him. The book contains one of the most vivid descriptions of the Pays de Léon and remains one of rare testimonies of the dominating role which the clergy had in the region.
- Clauda Jégou, paysan de l’Arrée, 1936.
- La Réforme agraire, Imp. Hamon & Kervellec Length. 20 pp.
Bibliography
- Hommage, museum of Morlaix, January 20 to March 6, 1989.
- An Association of the Friends of Yves Febvre exists in Morlaix.
- An Association of child welfare bearing the name of Yves Febvre operates in the Somme department.