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Alain Grandbois, CC (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one.

Alain Grandbois
Born	(1900-05-25)May 25, 1900 Saint-Casimir, Quebec
Died	March 18, 1975(1975-03-18) (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

• Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet (1933)
• Îles de la nuit (1944)
• Avant le chaos (1945)

Honors

• 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

External links

• Bolduc, Yves (16 December 2013). "Alain Grandbois". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.

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Alain Grandbois (Saint-Casimir, 25 mai 1900 – Québec, 18 mars 1975) est un écrivain québécois. Il est surtout connu et apprécié pour son œuvre de poète, mais il fut avant tout un grand voyageur et globe-trotteur. Il a de plus écrit des œuvres d'inspirations biographique ou autobiographique, ainsi que des nouvelles et des essais.

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