Roger Lemelin Explained

Roger Lemelin
Birth Date:	7 April 1919
Birth Place:	Quebec City, Quebec

Roger Lemelin, (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
• The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux), 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
• Archives of Roger Lemelin (Fonds Roger Lemelin, R11859) are held at Library and Archives Canada