Lucien Gourong

Lucien Gourong (11 October 1943 – 15 February 2021) was a French writer, singer, and storyteller.

Biography
After he earned a degree in history from the University of Nantes, Gourong owned a cabaret in Lorient for ten years, where he programmed over 500 shows. He spent more than 40 years as a storyteller, travelling across France and the Francophone world. His stories included Écoute voir comme ça sent bon, La Mer à boire, Les aventures du Capitaine Morvan, and ''L'aïeule ! Oh que la guerre est moche''. He founded a storytelling festival, which took place in Chevilly-Larue. He participated in the Étonnants voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo. He also worked for Bretagne Magazine (1998), where he wrote about Breton cuisine.

Also a singer, Gourong knew of a vast repertoire of songs originating from the Pays de Lorient. His father gifted him dozens of notebooks written by a Breton sailor, which were translated into French by Gourong.

Lucien Gourong died from COVID-19, on 15 February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. He was 77.

Discography

 * Faut faire avec (1976)
 * Kloz En Douët - L'Île De Groix & La Mer - Histoires & Chansons (1977)
 * Venez avec moi au bistrot (1979)
 * Les temps changent (1981)
 * Les veillées mortuaires (1982)
 * Le Yank Tsé Kiang (1983)
 * De long en large (1992)
 * Le Vieil Océan (1992)
 * De l’Orient à Lorient (1992)
 * La destinée souriante des loups de mer manqués (1999)
 * Les Sept Vies (2001)
 * Le Best of (2005)
 * Le best-of - 2 (2005)