Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Roparz Hemon Papers, (GB 0210 RHEMON) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 05, 2017 Printed: May 05, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/roparz-hemon-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/roparz-hemon-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk Roparz Hemon Papers, Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 6 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 RHEMON Roparz Hemon Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Roparz Hemon Papers, ID: GB 0210 RHEMON Virtua system control vtls003844305 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1925-1978 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.702 cubic metres (41 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title compiled from content of fonds. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Roparz Hemon (born Louis P. Nemo), Breton writer and scholar, was born in Brest, France, the second of six children. He trained as an English teacher, studying English and History at Leeds University. In 1922, Nemo began writing in Breton; his short story 'An Diouganer' was published in 1923, under the pseudonym Roparz Loeiz Hemon. Soon afterwards, he dropped the Loeiz and signed himself Roparz Hemon; this became his name within the Breton nationalist movement. He launched the literary journal Gwalarn with Olier Mordrel in 1925. During the Nazi Occupation, he was appointed Director of Radio- Rennes and the station began regular broadcasts in Breton. This ended with the Allied invasion of France in 1944, and the French government accused many Breton nationalists of collaboration with the Germans. Together with other Breton nationalists, he was sentenced to ten years `indignite nationale'. Under restrictions, he moved to Ireland, where he worked at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. Despite a general amnesty, he decided to remain in Ireland. He published La Langue Bretonne et ses Combats (La Baule, 1947). Although he spent forty years in exile, he was an influential figure in Breton cultural affairs, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 RHEMON Roparz Hemon Papers, and part of his campaign for oral literature was the increasing emphasis he placed on the theatre. From 1945 to 1971, he published seventeen plays. He attended the Celtic Congress in Bangor, Wales, in 1949, during which the Breton branch of the Celtic Congress was established. He died in 1978 and was buried in Brest. Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history Roparz Hemon papers were sorted and collected after his death by Ivona Martin. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Literary, research and personal papers of Louis P. Nemo, 'Roparz Hemon' (1900-1978), comprising personal and general correspondence, 1941, 1947-1978; manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and novellas, short stories, poetry and plays; drafts of articles by Roparz Hemon and collected by him as editor of Ar Bed Keltiek; research papers, including notes and transcripts of Breton literary texts; miscellaneous fragments of manuscript and typescript draft translations into English; personal papers, including papers collected by Roparz Hemon or submitted to him by other authors and scholars; notebooks relating to the Breton language, drafts of Breton dictionaries including Geriadur Istorel ar Brezhoneg, and drafts of articles on the Breton language; notes on other Celtic languages, including Irish, Welsh and Manx, and notes on Esperanto; papers relating to organisations of Breton or Celtic interest including Skourr Breizh ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, the Breton Branch of the Celtic Congress; papers of other Bretons, including Francois Vallée (1860-1949) and Dr Louis Dujardin (1885-1969); and miscellaneous notes and papers, [1940s-1950s], chiefly relating to Breton and Irish, mainly in the hand of Anton Ar Roue, cook and gardener to Roparz Hemon. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donated by An Aotrou Per Denez and An Aotrou Bernard Le Nail, November 1985. Two items (nos 379 and 395) were donated separately in January 1986. Further groups were donated by Per Denez in August 1989, April 1991 and May 1992. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into two groups, namely papers donated in 1985-1986, and papers donated in 1989, 1991 and 1992. The 1985-1986 group is arranged into the following categories: correspondence, literary works, translations, historiography, journalism, research papers, and personal and miscellaneous papers. The second group is arranged by the following: correspondence; literary works; translations; journalism; research papers; societies; personal and miscellaneous papers; papers of other Bretons. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 RHEMON Roparz Hemon Papers, Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Numbers 1-32, 88-91, 394-396 will not be made available to readers until 2006 except with the written permission of Fanch Kerrein, Prezidant, Envor Roparz Hemon, and his successors (exemption S.40 Freedom of Information Act 2000). Numbers 400-410, 570, 571, 578-583 will not be made available to readers until 2012 except with the written permission of Fanch Kerrein, Prezidant, Envor Roparz Hemon, and his successors (exemption S.40 Freedom of Information Act 2000). Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids Hard copies of the catalogues (Group I and II) are available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material His books and periodicals are also held at NLW. Letters from Reporz Hemon are to be found in other NLW archives, including Papurau T. Gwynn Jones, J. Dyfnallt Owen Papers, Dr Noelle Davies Papers, and Papurau Kate Roberts. A group of Breton MSS formerly in the possession of Roparz Hemon has been deposited at NLW. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Skour Breiz ar Chendalch Keltiek (Society) -- Records and correspondence. • Dujardin, Louis -- Archives (pwnc) | (subject) • Hemon, Roparz -- Archives (pwnc) | (subject) • Dujardin, Louis. (pwnc) | (subject) • Roue, Anton Ar. (pwnc) | (subject) • Vallée, F. (François), 1860-1949 (pwnc) | (subject) • Breton language -- Dictionaries (pwnc) | (subject) • Breton literature (pwnc) | (subject) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 RHEMON Roparz Hemon Papers, • Celtic languages (pwnc) | (subject) • Authors, Breton (pwnc) | (subject) • Welsh language (pwnc) | (subject) • Breton language (pwnc) | (subject) • Irish language (pwnc) | (subject) • Breton drama (pwnc) | (subject) • Breton poetry (pwnc) | (subject) • Brittany (France). (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1-399. vtls005485340 Otherlevel - 1985 And 1986 donations, 1932-[c.1979]. 1-399. ISYSARCHB66 1-32. vtls005485341 Otherlevel - Personal and general 1941-1978. 1-32. ISYSARCHB66 correspondence, 1. vtls005485342 File - Correspondence, 1941. 1. ISYSARCHB66 2. vtls005485343 File - Correspondence, 1947. 2. ISYSARCHB66 3. vtls005485344 File - Correspondence, 1948. 3. ISYSARCHB66 4. vtls005485345 File - Correspondence, 1949. 4. ISYSARCHB66 5. vtls005485346 File - Correspondence, 1950. 5. ISYSARCHB66 6.