Roger Lemelin (born April 7, 1919 - March 16, 1992) was a Quebec novelist, television writer, and essayist. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 2nd 1,542,056 km² 1,183,128 km² 176,928...
Lemelin was keeping pretty close to that pace when his third child was expected in June 1950 and he was well along with a group of short stories entitled Fantasies on the Seven Deadly Sins.
Lemelin came home on crutches, adopted the slogan "Bite the apple where it is still good," developed a technique of bicycling with one foot and changed his swimming style so he could swim three miles a day.
Lemelin was in low spirits when he went to the hospital to await the operation, until Albert Pelletier, one of the judges, came to see him.
The imbroglios of Ovide's ambitious journalist friend Denis Boucher, the protagonist of Lemelin's first novel, lead to trouble for all in a community faced with censorship, conscription and militant Catholic trade unions.
Populated by streetcar conductors, newspaper typographers, meddlesome priests and nosy neighbours, Lemelin's fiction gently satirizes and celebrates a blend of American and Catholic influences in local popular culture.
Lemelin's Plouffe family gently satirizes and celebrates a blend of American and Catholic influences in local popular culture (courtesy Library and Archives Canada).
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