1803-1858.
He is remembered for his simple and touching poems, full of the
landscape and of the rural life of his native Brittany. He also
translated Dante's Divine Comedy.
Works: _Marie_, 1835; _les Ternaires_, 1841 (the title of this
collection was later changed to _la Fleur d'or_); _les Bretons_, 1845;
_Histoires poétiques_, 1855; _Oeuvres complètes_, 1861, 2 vols.;
_Oeuvres_, 4 vols., 1879-84.
For reference: Sainte-Beuve, _Portraits contemporains_, vols, ii and
iii; Lecigne, _Brizeux, sa vie et ses oeuvres_, Lille, 1898.