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Alain Grandbois

アラン・グランボワ

Aran Gurambowa

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1900-05-25 (Saint-Casimir, Quebec)
Died
1975-03-18 (Quebec City, Quebec) age 74
Nationality
Canadian, Quebecer
Languages
French
Residence History
Saint-Casimir, Quebec → Quebec City, Quebec

Career

Occupations
poet
Active Years
1933-1975
Memberships
Royal Society of Canada

Awards

Ludger-Duvernay Prize
1950
Result: 受賞
Lorne Pierce Medal
1954
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 受賞
Order of Canada
1967
Category: コンパニオン
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: 受賞
Prix Athanase-David
1970
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet

1933 poetry

Work about explorer Louis Jolliet born in Quebec.

explorationhistorical figures

Îles de la nuit

1944 poetry

Poetry collection themed around islands of the night.

nightmystery

Avant le chaos

1945 poetry

Poetry collection before the chaos.

chaosexistence

Style & Themes

Literary Style
depth and breadth new to Quebec poetry
Recurring Motifs
exploring the secrets of the worldstudying human destinyhopes and problems of contemporary man

Legacy

Considered the first great modern Quebec poet, model for young poets of the 1950s. Plaque on the house where he was born.

In Popular Culture

  • There is a plaque on the house in which he was born

Trivia

  • Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man.