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E. G. Retallack Hooper

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Ernest George Retallack Hooper (1906–1998),[1] also known by his bardic name Talek (broad-bowed),[2][3] was a Cornish writer and journalist from St. Agnes.[citation needed]

Hooper was taught the Cornish language from A.S.D. Smith (Caradar). He qualified in horticulture at Kew[4] and became a bard in 1932.[5] In the 1930s, he was one of the more political members of Tyr ha Tavas, a youth movement formed to promote the Cornish language.[3]

During the Second World War, Hooper was based in Gibraltar.[3] He was encouraged by his wife to enter teaching in the post-war period,[3] during which he ran the Mount Pleasant House School in Camborne and Brandon College in Truro, where he pioneered the teaching of Cornish.[citation needed] Hooper became the third Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow, serving from 1959 to 1964.[3] During his time as Grand Bard, Hooper maintained close links with the Gorseddau of Wales and Brittany and he was a member of both.[citation needed]

Hooper was a founding member of Mebyon Kernow, a Cornish nationalist party, in 1951 and he participated in its election campaigns during the 1960s; he was elected the party's honorary president in 1973.[3]

For 17 years, Hooper edited the Cornish language newsletter An Lef Kernewek (The Cornish Voice).[3] He produced a Cornish language revised translation of St Mark’s Gospel in 1960, and a translation of St Luke's Gospel in 1989.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 493. ISBN 1851094407.
  2. ^ The Cornish Language and Its Literature By Peter Berresford Ellis
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Deacon, Bernard; Cole, Dick; Tregidga, Garry (2003). Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism. Wales: Welsh Academic Press. p. 127. ISBN 1860570755.
  4. ^ JOURNAL OF THE KEW GUILD p57 VOLUME 11 1991
  5. ^ E. G. Retallack Hooper Archived 2009-07-10 at the Wayback Machine