Louis Napoleon Le Roux

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Louis Napoléon Le Roux (Loeiz-Napoleon Ar Rouz in the Breton language) was a Breton nationalist. In 1911 he was one of the founders of the Breton Nationalist Party with Camille Le Mercier d'Erm. He typically signed himself Louis N. Le Roux in order to avoid the name “Napoléon”.
He contributed to the bulletin Brug (heather) published by Émile Masson from Pontivy, between 1913 and 1914, which promoted socialist and radical ideas to the peasantry of Basse-Bretagne. Having exiled himself to Switzerland to avoid fighting for France in World War I, he left for Ireland, where he became close to nationalist leaders.

He contributed to the journal La Bretagne libertaire in 1921. In 1922, he translated into French the works of Ramsay MacDonald. He also wrote the earliest biography of Patrick Pearse. Eventually, he became private secretary to Harold Macmillan, before being killed during the Blitz in London in World War II.

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  • Pour le séparatisme la question bretonne essai précédé du manifeste Ed. du Parti Nationaliste Breton - Rennes. 1911
  • La Langue des Relations Interceltiques
  • L'Irlande Militante: La Vie De Patrick Pearse avec une introduction historique et 15 photographies, Imprimerie Commerciale de Bretagne, Rennes, (1932)
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