Awarded designated historic person (2021).
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Gabrielle Roy
Gabrielle Roy was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba. She became one of the major voices in French-language literature in Canada, known for her portrayals of working-class life in Manitoba and Quebec and for her clear, straightforward prose. Her first novel, Bonheur d’occasion, brought her national and international recognition, including major literary awards in both Canada and France.…
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culture · Canadian author (1909–1983) · writer · novelist · teacher · short story writer · journalist · also Gabrielle Roy, Gabrielle Roy Carbout (per LAC), Roy
Born 22 March 1909 · Died 13 July 1983 · Q294999
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2021· 1 entry
2016· 1 entry
Margaret Atwood, who had read her books as a teenager, wrote an essay about her career, and noted that her works were still more relevant than ever
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Person of National Historic Significance (2009).
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2004· 1 entry
The Bank of Canada issued a $20 bank note in the Canadian Journey Series which included a quotation from her 1961 book The Hidden Mountain (La Montagne secrète), and its English translation by Harry Binsse
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1999· 1 entry
For translating François Ricard's biography of Gabrielle Roy
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1984· 1 entry
By Patricia Claxton, a prominent Quebec translator who is considered the primary translator of Gabrielle Roy's works from French to English
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1983· 1 entry
Died 1983-07-13.
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Molson Prize (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for Children of My Heart (1977).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Athanase-David (1970).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1968).
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1965· 1 entry
Librairie Beauchemin published an abridged French version eliminating a number of passages
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1963· 1 entry
Was on a panel that gave the Montreal World's Fair, Expo 67, its theme: Terre des hommes or in English Man and His World
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1957· 2 entries
Awarded Governor General's Literary Awards (1957).
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Awarded Governor General's Award for English-language fiction for Street of Riches (1957).
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1947· 4 entries
Awarded Governor General's Award for English-language fiction for The Tin Flute (1947).
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Awarded Prix Femina for The Tin Flute (1947).
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Awarded Governor General's Literary Awards (1947).
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By Hannah Josephson, who removed several short passages from the English version
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1946· 1 entry
– La Médaille de l'académie des lettres du Québec
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1945· 1 entry
By Société des Éditions Pascal in two volumes
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1909· 2 entries
Born 1909-03-22.
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In Saint-Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, and was educated at the Académie Saint-Joseph
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