Alain Grandbois, CC (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one.
Alain Grandbois | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1900 Saint-Casimir, Quebec |
| Died | March 18, 1975 (aged 74) Quebec City, Quebec |
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable awards | Order of Canada |
Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man, his work combined the themes of exploring the secrets of the world and studying human destiny, the writing and subject matter having a depth and breadth new to Quebec and becoming a model for young poets of the 1950s.
There is a plaque on the house in which he was born.
Selected works
edit- Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet (1933)
- Îles de la nuit (1944)
- Avant le chaos (1945)
Honors
edit- In 1950, he was awarded the Ludger-Duvernay Prize
- In 1954, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal.[1]
- In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.[2]
- In 1970, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Athanase-David.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Lorne Pierce medal citation" (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-02-24.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Prix David citation" (in French). 21 January 1969. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
External links
edit- Bolduc, Yves (16 December 2013). "Alain Grandbois". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.