Roger Lemelin

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Roger Lemelin (April 7, 1919 - March 16, 1992) was a Quebec novelist, television writer, and essayist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Honours and awards 3 Works 4 References 5 External Links

[edit] Biography

Lemelin was born in Québec City. From 1944 to 1952, he was a Canadian correspondent for the American magazines Time and Life and, from 1972 to 1981, chief executive officer and editor of La Presse.

In 1980 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

[edit] Honours and awards

• Prix David (1944)
• Prize from the Académie française (1944)
• Guggenheim Fellowship
• Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada
• Honorary doctorate from Laurentian University
• Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
• Canadian corresponding membership in the Académie Goncourt
• Honorary membership in the Union des écrivains québécois.

[edit] Works

• Au pied de la pente douce (The Town Below), 1947
• Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family), 1948
• Fantaisies sur les péchés capitaux, 1949
• Pierre le magnifique (The Quest of Splendour), 1952
• Les Voies de l'espérance, 1979
• La Culotte en or, 1980
• Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe, 1982
• Autopsie d'un fumeur, 1988

[edit] References

• "Roger Lemelin" in Canadian Writers, an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada

[edit] External Links

• Roger Lemelin's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia