CNHS - Octave Crémazie - Québec, Québec
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N 46° 48.794 W 071° 12.649
19T E 331339 N 5186782
Cette plaque, en hommage à Octave Crémazie, est située sur la rue Sainte-Angèle, à Québec. This plaque, in tribute to Octave Crémazie, is located on Sainte-Angèle Street, in Québec.
Waymark Code: WMJ565
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/26/2013
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Octave Crémazie
Cet illustre poète fut l'un des fondateurs de L'Institut Canadien de Québec. Né en ce lieu, il y dirigea avec son frère Joseph une librairie qui devint, vers 1860, le berceau d'un mouvement littéraire inspiré du romantisme français. Il composa quelque 40 poèmes, dont le Drapeau de Carillon qui le consacra poète national. En 1862, des difficultés financières le forcèrent à se réfugier en France où il devait mourir. Sa correspondance et le Journal du siège de Paris révèlent un écrivain authentique. Crémazie personnifie l'homme de lettres du Canada français au XIXe siècle. « Il chantait son pays et le faisait aimer
Octave Crémazie
Born at Québec, this illustrious poet was a founder of L'Institut Canadien de Québec. Crémazie and his brother Joseph ran a bookstore which became the cradle of a literary movement inspired by French romanticism. Drapeau de Carillon, one of some 40 poems he composed, established him as French Canada's national poet. In 1862, financial difficulties exiled him to France for the rest of his life. His talents as a writer shine through in his letters home and in his Journal du siège de Paris. Crémazie epitomizes the French-Canadian man of letters of the 19th century.
Classification: National Historic Person
Province or Territory: Quebec
Location - City name/Town name: Québec
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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