Denys Corbet
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Denys Corbet (1826-1909) was a Channel Islands poet and painter. He was the second son of Pierre and Susanne (nee de Beaucamp) who was born and raised in the Parish of Vale, Guernsey, Channel Island. Corbet wrote, for the most, in the Dgernesiais language, used historically (but with little modern use) in Guernsey the Channel Islands.[1][2] Corbet described himself as the Draïn Rimeux (last poet). He is best known for his poems, especially the epic L'Touar de Guernesy, a picaresque tour of the parishes of Guernsey and Les Feuilles de la Foret (The Leaves of the Forest) among others.
As editor of the French-language newspaper Le Bailliage, he also wrote prose columns in Dgèrnésiais under the pen name Badlagoule ("chatterbox"). Today Denys Corbet is largely known as a naive painter of cows and rural life.
Canadian artist Christian Corbet is 2nd cousin 6 times removed of Denys Corbet. Christian Corbet's 6th great grandfather Thomas Corbet was the younger brother to Pierre Corbet, Denys Corbet's grandfather.
Christian Corbet holds an original self-portrait of Denys Corbet. Coll. Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery. 2006.
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