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Meven Mordiern (29 october 1878 - 4 february 1949, René Le Roux was he civil name), was a breton writer, and a specialist about the old celtic culture. He was the main collaborator of the lexicograph François Vallée which create the most complete dictionnary of the breton language in the first part of the 20th century. During the interwar period he was very influencial on the breton movement.

Biography
Meven Mordiern was born on October 29, 1878 into a wealthy Bordeaux family, with no identified Breton origin. His father, an army medical officer, once retired (March 1882) moved to Villiers near Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher). René Le Roux lived in Villiers with his parents until March 1891. From 1891 to 1897 he continued his studies at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris. He resided in Paris until 1920, apart from a stay in London to learn English from July 1898 to June 1899. he will devote his entire life to studying Celtic civilizations, alongside research focused on the natural sciences and the humanities.

After the death of his mother in March 1920, he moved to the north of Brittany, to the village of Saint-Hélory en Pordic, a few kilometers from Saint-Brieuc.

Although he only learned Breton at a late stage, he was one of the main instigators of the movement for the massive creation of Breton neologisms from Celtic roots, notably on the model of Esperanto. In permanent collaboration with the grammarian and lexicographer François Vallée, he is the author of a considerable work on the ancient Celts: Notennou diwar-benn ar Gelted koz, Sketla Segobrani, but also of a History of the World (Istor ar Bed, in breton) and other essays published by the journal Gwalarn.

With François Vallée (Abherve) and Émile Ernault (Barz Ar Gouët), Meven Mordiern formed the group of "X3", passionate about Celtic antiquity, who got down to work on his great "saga" on Celtic antiquity: the "Sketla Segobrani", apocryphal memoirs of the Celtic mercenary Segobranos, of which the first Book "Dis Atir - Teutatis" was printed by Prud'homme in 1923, Books II-III coming out in 1924 in one volume, and Book IV "Taranis - Esus" in 1925. The "Sketla Segobrani" are illustrated by James Bouillé, a member of the Seiz Breur.

Publications

 * Notennou diwar-benn ar Gelted-koz o istor hag o sevenadur (dastumet hag urziet gant Meven Mordiern ha lakaet e brezoneg gant Abherve / réunies et mises en ordre par Meven Mordiern et traduites en breton par Abherve), 12 fascicules between 1911 eand 1922.
 * I, An Oriant, Bayon, 1911.
 * II, An Oriant, Imprimerie du Peuple breton, 1912.
 * III, Keraez, Moullerez Ar Bobl, sans date, 43pp.
 * IV, Keraez, Moullerez Ar Bobl, sans date.
 * V, Sant-Brieg, Ti-Moulerez Sant-Gwilherm, 1913, 34pp (rééd. 1917).
 * VI, An Oriant, imprim. du Peuple breton, 1913.
 * VII, An Oriant, imprim. du Peuple breton, 1913.
 * VIII, Sant-Brieg, Prud'homme, 1921.
 * IX, Sant-Brieg, Prud'homme, 1917.
 * X, (Morlaix), imprim. Lajat, 1913.
 * XI, Sant-Brieg, Prud'homme, 1914.
 * XII, Sant-Brieg, Prud'homme, 1922, 62pp (rééd. 1924).
 * réédition en un volume : P., Édition de la Bretagne, 1946.
 * Sketla Segobrani, by the X3 (with François Vallée and Emile Ernault) ; Saint-Brieuc, Prud'homme, 1923-1925, 3 volumes (illustrations de James Bouillé.
 * Istor ar Bed (en 7 livres & 8 fasc.) ; Brest, Gwalarn, de 1929 à 1939.
 * Prederiadennou diwar-benn ar yezou hag ar brezoneg ; Brest, Gwalarn (76, 78, 82, 84, 86, 88), 1935-1938.
 * Hunvreou Sant-Helori ; St-Brieuc, Prud'homme, 1938, 56pp.
 * Talar an hoc'h ; Preder, kaier 57, meurzh 1964, 50pp.
 * Daou lizher da Loeiz Andouard ; in Hor Yezh n° 117, here 1982, pp 63-73.
 * Istor eur c'halvedigez, Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1986.
 * Envorennoù bugeliez (3 vol.) ; Mouladurioù Hor yezh, 1986-1987-2000.
 * E fealded va c'houn hag e padelezh va c'harantez. Lesneven, Hor yezh, 2001.

Related articles

 * Celtic languages, Celts