Roch Carrier

Roch Carrier

male, 72 years old
Roch Carrier, OC, (born 13 May 1937) is a celebrated Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story). He is among...
Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler

male, deceased (2001)
Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic...
Michel Tremblay

Michel Tremblay

male, 67 years old
Michel Tremblay is a novelist and playwright. Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time...
Jacques Ferron

Jacques Ferron

male, deceased (1985)
Jacques Ferron was a Canadian physician and author. Jacques Ferron was born in Louiseville, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Alphonse Ferron and Adrienne...

Yves Thériault

male, deceased (1983)
Yves Thériault was a Canadian author. He was born in Quebec City to Alcide and Aurore (Nadeau) Thériault. On April 21, 1942, he married Michelle Bl...
Gabrielle Roy

Gabrielle Roy

female, deceased (1983)
Gabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC (March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author. Born in Saint Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, Roy was ed...
Lionel Groulx

Lionel Groulx

male, deceased (1967)
Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, often called by his priestly titles "Abbé Groulx" or "Chanoine Groulx" (Canon Groulx), was a Roman Catholic priest, h...

Gaétan Soucy

male, 51 years old
Gaétan Soucy is a Canadian novelist and professor. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Soucy studied physics at Université de Montréal, completed a Mas...
Hubert Aquin

Hubert Aquin

male, deceased (1977) (Independence, United States)
Hubert Aquin, was chosen for the 2003 edition of CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" competition, where it was championed by journalist Denise Bombardier....