Louis Hemon

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Louis Hemon (1880 - 1913) was a 19th Century French writer.

Hemon was born in Brest (France) in 1880. In Paris, where he resided with his family, he was enrolled in the Montaigne and Louis-le-Grand secondary schools. After his studies of law and oriental languages in the Sorbonne, he moved to London.

A bilingual secretary in several maritime agencies, he collaborated, starting from 1904, in a Parisian sports journal, in which he published some of his chronological studies. In London, he wrote his famous novels, "La belle que voila", "Colin-Maillard, Battling Malone, pugiliste", "Monsieur Ripois et la Nemesis", and perhaps his most famous one, "Maria Chapdelaine". He also wrote the "Itineraire", a rich correspondence of his voyage to Quebec.

On July 8, 1913, Louis Hemon was tragically struck and killed by a passing train in Ontario.