Alain Grandbois
Alain Grandbois, (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one. 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.
Alain Grandbois
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- Name
- Alain Grandbois
- Born
- 25 May 1900
- Birthplace
- Saint-Casimir, Quebec
- Died
- 18 March 1975
- Place of death
- Quebec City, Quebec
- Awards
- Order of Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · writer · essayist
- Fields
- Canadian poetry
- Honours
- Molson Prize · Companion of the Order of Canada · Prix Québec-Paris · Prix Athanase-David · honorary doctorate at the Laval University · Prix de la langue française
- Languages
- French
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Alain Grandbois, (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one. 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.
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The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is Canadian poetry. Work by Alain Grandbois is recorded in the collections of print collection of the national Library of BAnQ. Distinctions recorded are Molson Prize, Companion of the Order of Canada, Prix Québec-Paris and Prix Athanase-David.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Alain Grandbois • Born — 25 May 1900 • Birthplace — Saint-Casimir, Quebec • Died — 18 March 1975 • Place of death — Quebec City, Quebec • Genre — poetry • Awards — Order of Canada
Selected works
Selected works
• Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet (1933) • Îles de la nuit (1944) • Avant le chaos (1945)
Identity
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Alain Grandbois is recorded with the occupation essayist. Recorded as having received Molson Prize, Companion of the Order of Canada and Prix Québec-Paris.
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Life and career
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1900
Alain Grandbois was born on 25 May 1900.
1975
Alain Grandbois died on 18 March 1975.
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Saint-Casimir.
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Alain Grandbois received Molson Prize, Companion of the Order of Canada, Prix Québec-Paris, Prix Athanase-David, honorary doctorate at the Laval University and Prix de la langue française.
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- “Alain Grandbois”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Honours
• In 1950, he was awarded the Ludger-Duvernay Prize • In 1954, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal. • In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. • In 1970, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Athanase-David.
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- 1.Né à Québec. Presses de l'Université de Montréal. 1994. 978-2-760-61638-7.
- 2.Le livre englouti ou la fortune critique des Poëmes d’Hankéou (1936-1965) – Études françaises. Érudit. 10.7202/035945ar.
- 3.Alain Grandbois. Yi dao ji cheng shi. BAnQ. 1934.
- 4.Jean-Éthier Blais, Préface, Les Voyages de Marco Polo, Fides, 1969, p. 8.
- 5.Jean-François Nadeau. Le fabuleux destin d’Alain Grandbois. Le Devoir. 18 mars 2025. libre.
- 6.Fonds Alain Grandbois (MSS204) - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
- 7.Fonds Alain Grandbois (R7493) - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada.
- 8.Éditions Hexagone
- 9.Ville de Sherbrooke : Rue Grandbois
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Collectif, « Alain Grandbois, lecteur du monde », Études françaises, numéro préparé par Nicole Deschamps et Jean Cléo Godin, vol. 30, n° 2, 1994, 122 p. (http://revue-etudesfrancaises.umontreal.ca/volume-30-numero-2/).
- Nicole Deschamps. Alain Grandbois : de la bibliothèque familiale à la bibliothèque fictive. Études françaises. 29. printemps 1993. 109-123.
- Jean-Cléo Godin. Ceylan, jardin des origines. Kumari R. Issur. L’océan Indien dans les littératures francophones. Pays réels, pays rêvés, pays rêvélés. Paris. Karthala. Lettres du Sud. 2002. 605-612.
- Jean-Cléo Godin. La bibliothèque d’Alain Grandbois. Études françaises. 29. printemps 1993. 97-108.
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