He worked in several places in Brittany as a supervisor before becoming a teacher in Morlaix.
He was fired without any official reason in 1972, because of his political activism in the pursuit of autonomy for Brittany.
He was one of a group of people who founded the Union démocratique bretonne in 1964.
His first book of poetry was published in 1967 and his first play was performed in 1972 : 'Le Printemps des Bonnets Rouges (The Spring of the Red Bonnets) about an historical revolt in Brittany.
He writes his books in Breton, French and English languages.