Blue plaques of Mrs Felix-Antoine Savard
N 46° 48.913 W 071° 12.193
19T E 331925 N 5186987
A plate from the Society of the City of Quebec and the Quebec Minister for the Mgr. Felix-Antoine Savard.
Waymark Code: WMJEC7
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 11/07/2013
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Poete et romancier, auteur de Menaud:
"Félix-Antoine Savard, OC MSRC (August 31, 1896 – August 24, 1982) was a Canadian priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist.
Born in Quebec City, he grew up in Chicoutimi, Quebec. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1918 and was ordained a priest in 1922.[1] He occupied several ecclesiastical positions in Charlevoix and Saguenay before founding the parish of Clermont in Charlevoix.
While in Clermont, Savard explored the Charlevoix countryside and became well acquainted with the local raftsmans. The mountains of Charlevoix would become the stage for his 1937 novel Menaud, maître-draveur that made his famous and that earned his a medal from the Académie française. The novel remains to this day one of the most well-known works in Quebec literature. Along Maria Chapdeleine, the title character, Menaud, remains one of the great figures of nationalism in Quebec.
He joined the Faculty of Arts at Université Laval in 1945 and from 1950 to 1957 was its Dean" Source Wiki!
Blue Plaque managing agency: City of Quebec
Individual Recognized: Mgr Felix-Antoine Savard
Physical Address:
2 rue St-Pierre
Qc,
Web Address: Not listed
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