Roger Lemelin

Roger Lemelin, (April 7, 1919 – March 16, 1992) was a Quebec novelist, television writer and essayist.

Biography
Lemelin was born in Quebec City. From 1944 to 1952, he was a Canadian correspondent for the American magazines Time and Life and, from 1972 to 1981, chief executive officer and editor of La Presse.

In 1980 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

Honours and awards

 * Prix David (1944)
 * Prize from the Académie française (1944)
 * Guggenheim Fellowship
 * Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada
 * Honorary doctorate from Laurentian University
 * Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
 * Canadian corresponding membership in the Académie Goncourt
 * Honorary membership in the Union des écrivains québécois.

Works

 * Au pied de la pente douce (The Town Below), 1947
 * Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family), 1948
 * Fantaisies sur les péchés capitaux, 1949
 * Pierre le magnifique (In Quest of Splendour), 1952
 * The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux), 1952
 * Les Voies de l'espérance, 1979
 * La Culotte en or, 1980
 * Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe, 1982
 * Autopsie d'un fumeur, 1988