Born in
Lannion, northern Brittany, his childhood was spent with his nurse, either in
Perros-Guirec, or in
Trégastel. In October 1888, he married Julie Fleury. Following a legal judgement in his favour he bought a farm at Run-Rouz in Trégastel. He worked as a teacher in
Gap,
Évreux,
Nevers and in
Le Havre. In 1886, he founded with
Maurice Barrès and Raymond de Tailhède the literary review
Les Chroniques. Goffic wrote widely about aspects of Breton and broader Celtic cultural identity, emphasising the importance of local traditions and cultural continuity. His short stories
Passions Celtes (1910) were widely influential on the Breton cultural renaissance. One of them was dramatised by Le Goffic at the request of
Guy Ropartz for the libretto of his opera
Le Pays. Politically close to
Charles Maurras, he collaborated on the ''
Revue d'Action française (1899), which later became L'Action française (1908). Although a convinced republican, his militant regionalism and his traditionalist ideals led him to support the "Maurrassisme" project to restore the monarchy, as his letter published in L'Enquête sur la monarchie'' (1900) testifies. Goffic was elected member of the Académie française in 1930. In 1895 he introduced the
Great Highland Bagpipe to Brittany. He is interred in the enclosure of the church of the borough of Trégastel, with his wife and their daughter, who died at the age of 17. ==Bibliography==