Gabrielle Roy, CC , FRSC (March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author. Image File history File links Gabrielle_roy. ... Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country. ... The Royal Society of Canada, (French: La Société royale du Canada) The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Saint Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, Roy was educated at Saint Joseph's Academy. After training as a teacher at The Winnipeg Normal School, she taught in rural schools in Marchand and Cardinal and was then appointed to Provencher School in Saint Boniface. For the Roman general of this name, see Bonifacius. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 8th 647...

With her savings she was able to spend some time in Europe, but was forced to return to Canada in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. She returned with some of her works near completion, but settled in Quebec to earn a living as a journalist while continuing to write novels. World map showing the location of Europe. ... Combatants Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Journalism is a discipline of writing. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ...

Her first novel, Bonheur d'occasion (1945), gave a starkly realistic portrait of the lives of people in Saint-Henri, a working-class neighbourhood of Montreal. The novel caused many Quebeckers to take a hard look at themselves and is regarded as the novel that helped lay the foundation for Quebec's Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. Published in English as The Tin Flute (1947), the book won the 1947 Governor General's Award for fiction as well as the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal. Distributed in the United States, where it sold more than three-quarters of a million copies, the Literary Guild of America made The Tin Flute a feature book of the month in 1947. The book garnered so much attention that Roy returned to Manitoba to escape the publicity. Saint-Henri is a neighbourhood in southwestern Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest. ... Nickname: City of Mary Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2]    - City 185. ... The Quiet Revolution (Révolution tranquille) was the 1960s period of rapid change in Quebec, Canada. ... The Tin Flute (1947), Gabrielle Roy’s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. ... Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... The Royal Society of Canada, (French: La Société royale du Canada) The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. ... The Lorne Pierce Medal is awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French. ...

There are two French versions of Bonheur d'occasion. The first was published in 1945 by Société des Éditions Pascal in two volumes. This version was translated in 1947 by Hannah Josephson, who removed several short passages from the English version. In 1965, Librairie Beauchemin published an abridged French version eliminating a number of passages. This second version was translated by Alan Brown in 1980. As a result, there has never been an unabridged version of The Tin Flute published in English. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

In August 1947, she married Marcel Carbotte, a Saint Boniface doctor, and the couple set off for Europe where Carbotte studied gynecology and Roy spent her time writing. The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ...

Another of her novels brought additional critical acclaim. Alexandre Chenevert (1954), is a dark and emotional story that is ranked as one of the most significant works of psychological realism in the history of Canadian literature. Literary realism most often refers to the trend, in early 19th century French literature, towards depictions of contemporary life and society as it is, in the spirit of general Realism, instead of a romanticized or similarly stylized presentation. ... Canadian literature may be divided into two parts, based on their separate roots: one stems from the culture and literature from France; the other from Britain. ...

She is considered by many to be one of the most important Francophone writers in Canadian history and one of the most influential Canadian authors. Her works garnered many literary awards including France's Prix Femina. She won the Governor General's Award three times, the Prix David twice, the Prix Duvernay and the Molson Prize. In 1967 she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina). ... The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning they desire a better country. ...

Gabrielle Roy died at the age of seventy-four. Her autobiography, titled La Détresse et l'enchantement, was published posthumously in 1984. Translated into English as Enchantment and Sorrow. It covers the years from her childhood in Manitoba to the time when she settled in Quebec.

The National Library of Canada has preserved a collection of her materials covering the years 1940 to 1983, including manuscripts, typescripts, galleys of published and unpublished works such as La Rivière sans repos, Cet été qui chantait, Un jardin au bout du monde, Ces enfants de ma vie, and La Détresse et l'enchantement, as well as business and personal correspondence, business records, and memorabilia. Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a cultural institution created by the Parliament of Canada in 2004 (S.C. 2004, c. ...

Her 1977 novel Children of My Heart has been selected for the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, where it will be championed by journalist Denise Bombardier. Children of My Heart is a novel by Gabrielle Roy, published in 1977. ... Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books competition organized and broadcast by Canadas public broadcaster, the CBC. Overview During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. ... A Quebec journalist and writer (1941-), Denise Bombardier has worked for Radio Canada. ...

Selected bibliography

• The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) (1945)
• Where Nests the Water Hen (La Petite Poule d'Eau) (1950)
• The Cashier (Alexandre Chenevert) (1954)
• Street of Riches (Rue Deschambault) (1955)
• The Hidden Mountain (La Montagne secrète) (1961)
• The Road Past Altamont (La Route d'Altamont) (1966)
• Windflower (La Rivière sans repos) (1970)
• Enchanted Summer (Cet été qui chantait) (1972)
• Garden in the Wind (Un jardin au bout du monde) (1975)
• My Cow Bossie (Ma vache Bossie) (1976)
• Children of My Heart (Ces Enfants de ma vie) (1977)
• The Fragile Lights of Earth (Fragiles lumières de la terre) (1978)
• Cliptail (Courte-Queue) (1979)
• Enchantment and Sorrow (La Détresse et l'enchantement) (1984)
• The Tortoiseshell and the Pekinese (L'Espagnole et le Pékinoise) (1987)
• Ma petite rue qui m'a menée autour du monde (title not available in translation) (2002)

The Tin Flute (1947), Gabrielle Roy’s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. ... Street of Riches (fr. ... Children of My Heart is a novel by Gabrielle Roy, published in 1977. ...

See also

• List of Quebec authors

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External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Order of Canada Citation
• Excerpt: Children of My Heart on CBC Words at Large