Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau
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Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (June 13, 1912 - October 24, 1943) was a French Canadian poet. He was the grandson of the poet Alfred Garneau and great-grandson of the historian Francois-Xavier Garneau. He studied at three Jesuit colleges, Sainte-Marie, Jean de Brebeuf and Loyola. In 1934, he developed a rheumatic heart problem and discontinued his studies. He then devoted his time writing poems, painting and music. His journal was published in 1954 and translated into English in 1962. In 1937, Regards et jeux dans l'espace, his collection of poems, was published. Saint-Denys Garneau is considered Quebec's first modern poet. Saint-Denys Garneau was living with his parents in Quebec and died there in 1942. He was canoing alone and died of an apparent heart attack.
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- Garneau, Hector de Saint-Denis at the Canadian Encyclopedia.
- Poems of Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau
