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After the war he worked as a magistrate as well as a prolific author, becoming founder and honorary president of the association des écrivains Bretons.","summary_more":["Brekilien died on 12 March 2009, at the age of 88."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"11 December 1920","date":"1920-12-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"11th arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169293"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"12 March 2009","date":"2009-03-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Quimper","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q342"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"magistrate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4594605"},{"text":"French resistance fighter","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23833535"},{"text":"justice of the peace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329455","start":"1951","end":"1975"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Lycée Henri-IV","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1878600"},{"text":"University of Rennes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1987282"},{"text":"University of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209842"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1978–1993)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1978","end":"1993"},{"text":"justice of the peace (1952–1958)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329455","start":"1952","end":"1958"},{"text":"justice of the peace (1951–1952)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329455","start":"1951","end":"1952"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Prix Breizh","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16671093","date":"1966"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Brekilien","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Yann Brekilien born?","a":"Yann Brekilien was born on 11 December 1920 in 11th arrondissement of Paris."},{"q":"What positions has Yann Brekilien held?","a":"Positions held by Yann Brekilien include: president (1978–1993); justice of the peace (1952–1958); justice of the peace (1951–1952)."},{"q":"Where did Yann Brekilien study?","a":"Yann Brekilien was educated at Lycée Henri-IV, University of Rennes, University of Paris."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Michael Tien","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-tien"},{"name":"Li Ka-shing","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-ka-shing"},{"name":"Peter Woo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/peter-woo"},{"name":"Francis Henry May","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francis-henry-may"},{"name":"Carrie Lam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carrie-lam"},{"name":"Henry Tang","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-tang"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Yann Brekilien","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Brekilien","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3571623","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571623","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Yann Brekilien, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Yann Brekilien\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/yann-brekilien. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T13:59:50Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/yann-brekilien","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/yann-brekilien","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/yann-brekilien?lang=ne"}}