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Louis Hémon
Louis Hémon (12 October 1880 – 8 July 1913), was a French writer best known for his novel "Maria Chapdelaine".
Biography.
He was born in Brest, France. In Paris, where he resided with his family, he was enrolled in the Montaigne and Louis-le-Grand secondary schools. A bilingual secretary in several maritime agencies, he collaborated, starting from 1904, in a Parisian sports journal. After his studies of law and oriental languages in the Sorbonne, he
series of paintings by renowned Canadian artist, Rajka Kupesic.
Hémon had one daughter, Lydia-Kathleen, from a relationship in England with Lydia O'Kelly.
He is the subject of two biographical studies, "L'aventure Louis Hémon" (1974) by Alfred Ayotte and Victor Tremblay, and "Louis Hémon, le fou du lac" by Mathieu-Robert Sauvé.
Bibliography.
- 1908: "Lizzie Blakeston"
- 1913: "Maria Chapdelaine"
- 1923: "la Belle que voilà"