Roger Lemelin

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Roger Lemelin
Born	(1919-04-07)April 7, 1919 Quebec City, Quebec
Died	March 16, 1992(1992-03-16) (aged 72)

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

Biography

Lemelin was born in Quebec 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.

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.

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 (In 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

References

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

External links

Roger Lemelin's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia

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Persondata
Name	Lemelin, Roger
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian writer
Date of birth	April 7, 1919
Place of birth	Quebec City, Quebec
Date of death	March 16, 1992
Place of death

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