Alain Grandbois

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1900 – 1975

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Who was Alain Grandbois?

Alain Grandbois, CC 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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Born
May 25, 1900
Saint-Casimir, Quebec
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Died
Mar 18, 1975
Quebec City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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