AllRefer Encyclopedia - (Joseph) Octave CrEmazie (English And French Canadian Literature, Biographies) - Encyclopedia
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shown in filters: Guides et annuaires French Canadian poet, b. Quebec, considered the father of French Canadian poetry. With his brothers he was proprietor of a Quebec bookshop, the gathering place for a literary group that included such figures as F. X. Garneau and H. R. Casgrain. He and his friends founded a monthly magazine, Les SoirEes canadiennes, devoted to the perpetuation of French Canadian folklore. In 1855 his poem "Le Vieux Soldat canadien" appeared, bringing CrEmazie instant fame. [ eng ] |