Émile Masson (writer)

Émile Masson (28 July 1869–8 February 1923) was a Breton writer and thinker.

Born in Brest, he was not brought up speaking Breton, but acquired the language in later life.

In the same year he was one of the founders of the Breton Nationalist Party, and an editor of its journal Breiz Dishual ("Free Brittany").

He was the founder in 1913 of the journal Brug, an anarchist magazine in the Breton language.

During the First World War he continued his pacifist fight, maintaining regular correspondence with Romain Rolland.