Dodik Jégou

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Dodik Jégou
Born
Marie-Charlotte Le Berre

(1934-05-14)14 May 1934
Quimper, France
Died2 April 2024(2024-04-02) (aged 89)
Saint-Malo, France
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole régionale des beaux-arts de Quimper
Occupation(s)Ceramist
Painter
Poet

Marie-Charlotte Le Berre (14 May 1934 – 2 April 2024), better known by her pen name Dodik Jégou, was a French ceramist, painter and poet.[1]

Jégou founded and directed the Maison internationale des poètes et des écrivains [fr].

Biography[edit]

Born in Quimper on 14 May 1934,[2] Jégou grew up in a family of spinners from the Bigouden region.[3] Her great-grandparents invented the Bigouden picot, which was derived from the Irish picot.[4] Her ancestors embroidered for the likes of the Emperor of Russia.[5] She was the eldest child[6] of Marc Le Berre [fr],[7] who owned the store À la Ville d'Ys in Quimper.[8]> A Breton regionalist, he was a member of the Seiz Breur movement and created the kabic [fr]. He would later buy old pieces from Coco Chanel. Her mother, Anne-Marie Kerloc'h, taught her how to be a housewife. In her father's store, she met numerous artists being exhibited, including René-Yves Creston, Géo-Fourrier [fr], Robert Micheau-Vernez [fr], and René Quillivic.[8] Her father told her the tales of François-Marie Luzel, which would inspire her work.[9]

Impassioned with the arts, she entered the École régionale des beaux-arts de Quimper.[3] During her studies, she frequented the Faïencerie Keraluc [fr], where she gathered inspiration for her works.[8] She was a student of Jos Le Corre [fr] and met Gwen Jégou [fr], who she married in 1955. The couple had two children: Tugdual (1956–2018)[7] and Gaïde (1957–2016). Dodik and Gwen opened a ceramics shop in Saint-Malo in 1956, on Place de la Poissonnerie.[3]

In 1979, Jégou created Rencontres chez Gwen et Dodik with her husband, which was also known as Le Petit Théâtre de Gwen et Dodik, which hosted artists, poets, writers, singers, and more. They brought in the likes of Pêr-Jakez Helias, Youenn Gwernig, Irène Frain, Glenmor, Michel Le Bris, and performers from the Étonnants Voyageurs [fr]. In 1981, she organized the Rencontres Poetiques de Bretagne,[7] also known as the Rencontres poétiques internationales de Bretagne [fr], of which she became director in 1982.[7] In 1984, she participated in a global congress of poets in Marrakesh, led by Léopold Sédar Senghor.[5] In 1986, she hosted Senghor, Pêr-Jakez Helias, and Gérard Le Gouic at Mont-Saint-Michel.[7] For her, "culture only exists as an exchange, a link, an opening to the world".[7]

In 1990, with the help of the municipality of Saint-Malo, she opened the Maison internatioanle des poètes et des écrivains, inaugurated by Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Director-General of UNESCO,[10] as well as Mayor René Couanau, 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Camilo José Cela, and Édouard Maunick. She directed the house until August 2014, when it was led by Pascal Verdeau, although she maintained de facto leadership.[11] She was also a co-founder and member of the Maison des métiers d'art français and devoted time in 2008 to saving frescos in association with the Amis du peintre Geoffroy Dauvergne.[12]

Dodik Jégou died in Saint-Malo on 2 April 2024, at the age of 89.[13]

Works[edit]

  • Nine ceramic frescos in Ruhr[6]
  • La Conception de Merlin
  • La Légende de la ville d'Ys
  • Le Barzaz Breizh
  • Les Contes de Luzel

Illustrations[edit]

Stamps[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • Entretien avec Mario Vargas Llosa (2003)

Expositions[edit]

Distinctions[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Paris, Nadine (3 April 2024). "L'artiste Dodik, amie des poètes et des écrivains, est décédée à Saint-Malo". Ouest-France (in French). Saint-Malo. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ Ramel, Brigitte (30 December 2021). "Une exposition lui est dédiée : Dodik Jégou, l'âme bretonne de Saint-Malo". Actu.fr (in French). Saint-Malo. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Morin, Katell (25 September 2014). "Dodik, une artiste aux multiples étiquettes". Ouest-France (in French). Saint-Malo. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Histoire". Institut Bigouden des Dentelles (IBD) (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Penot, Christophe (2002). La Maison internationale des poètes et des écrivains (in French). Éditions Cristel. ISBN 2-84421-023-6.
  6. ^ a b "Dodik, une vie d'artiste". Ville de Saint-Malo (in French). Archived from the original on 29 November 1998.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Pelletier, Yannick (1990). Histoire générale de la Bretagne et des Bretons : culture et mentalités bretonnes (in French). Nouvelle librairie de France.
  8. ^ a b c "JEGOU Dodik". ABCeramique.org (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b Chartier, Erwan (2005). "Les émaux pour le dire : Dodik, une imagière de la culture populaire bretonne". Armor Magazine (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  10. ^ Migliorini, Robert (6 August 2001). "Le lieu. Une maison de légendes à Saint-Malo". La Croix (in French).
  11. ^ "La Maison des poètes lance sa nouvelle saison". Ouest-France (in French). Saint-Malo. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ Bouzols, Christian (6 April 2021). "Saint-Malo : La folle histoire des fresques de Geoffroy Dauvergne, jamais restaurées, devant la justice". Actu.fr (in French). Saint-Malo. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Hommage à Dodik Jégou". Ville de Saint-Malo (in French). 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ Le Goff, Pierre (September 1985). "No 188". Armor Magazine (in French).
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