Gabriel Benoist
Encyclopedia
Cauchois
Cauchois is one of the eastern dialects of the Norman language, spoken in, and taking its name from, the Pays de Caux region of the Seine-Maritime départment.-Status:...
dialect of the Norman language
Norman language
Norman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon...
. He is best known for the Thanase Pequeu stories of which three volumes were published in the 1930s.
He was born at Gournay-en-Bray
Gournay-en-Bray
Gournay-en-Bray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Bray, some east of Rouen, at the junction of the N31, the D930 and the D915 roads...
in the Pays de Caux
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast - its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre...
region of the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
department of Normandy.
He was the second eldest of a family of eleven children. He is buried at Yvetot
Yvetot
Yvetot is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-History:The name is of Scandinavian origin . The town is most likely of Scandinavian origin too. There is also a locality in Bromölla municipality in southern Sweden bearing the same name...
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Works
- Thanase Péqueu (February 1, 1932)
- Le mariage de Thanase Péqueu
- Les Histouères de Thanase Péqueu, (1932-1937, in Le Journal de Rouen).