Yves Lainé
Yves Lainé is a Breton lawyer, politician and companies executive manager, now a writer, arguing for the return of Loire-Atlantique departement in the administrative région of Brittany the reunification and devolution of the historical Brittany.
Born in 1937 in Nantes, he was a director of CELIB and worked as a director of the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port Authority and Brittany Ferries. He founded the B5 association and also the vice president of Bretagne Réunie. He wrote L'ambition de Bretagne d'un Nantais in 2002. He is honorary chairman the Breton writers' association, ex-chairman of The Law and Institutions Department in the Institut Culturel de Bretagne. With another Nantes lobby les Transbordés he proposes to rebuild a new hi-tech transporter bridge in the port within the frames of a Vernian loop, open for tourism. A large 8 mths debate held by Nantes métropole on the maritime destiny of the town ended in September 2015 and approved many proposals made by Lainé.Awards
2012, Received the collar of the Breton Ermine order. In June 12013 he was elected Chancellor of this Order.Writings
- Europe rends nous la mer Sea-trade policy. Essay Ed.CELIB 1972
- 1973-1993: vingt ans de navigation Brittany Ferries. Des romantiques aux leaders, Revue du Nord, 1995
- L'ambition de Bretagne d'un Nantais ,Essay, Petit Véhicule 2002
- Désenclavement, un commencement ou une fin ?, in : Fanch Élégoët, Bretagne 2000, Plabennec, Tud Ha Bro, 1986, p. 75-97.
- De la pertinence de sociétés duales Contribution World Human Rights Forum 2004 - On line at PlanetAgora.com
- Les ailes et le sang Historical novel about war 1914-18 Cheminement 2006;
- Zouave & communard Historical novel 1870 Cheminement 2008
- Jean-Marie, Chouan de Bretagne Historical novel 1800-1840 Ecrituriales 2012
- Bretonnitude et autres celt'attitudes sur fond de Brexit . Essay Ecrituriales 2017