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....
Jean-Paul Desbiens

Jean-Paul Desbiens

male, deceased (2006)
Jean-Paul Desbiens, Frère Pierre-Jérôme was a Quebec writer, journalist, teacher and member of the Catholic order of Marist Brothers. He was bor...
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...
Alice Parizeau

Alice Parizeau

female, deceased (1990)
Alice Parizeau (née Alicja Poznańska was a Polish-Quebecois writer, essayist, journalist and criminologist.
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...
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

male, 75 years old
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Cohen...
Jacques Godbout

Jacques Godbout

male, 76 years old
Jacques Godbout is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler...
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...
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...