Bibliotheque de quebec gabrielle roy biography

20th-century Canadian author

Gabrielle RoyCC FRSC (French pronunciation:[ɡabʁijɛlʁwa]; March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author from St.

Boniface, Manitoba and one of the major figures in French Canadian literature.

Early life

Roy was born in 1909 in Saint-Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, and was educated at the Académie Saint-Joseph.^[1][2] She was born into a family of eleven children and reportedly began to write at an early age.^[2] She lived on rue Deschambault, a house and neighbourhood in Saint-Boniface that would later inspire one of her most famous works.

The house is now a National Historic Site and museum in Winnipeg.^[3]

Career

After training as a teacher at The Winnipeg Normal School, she taught in rural schools in Marchand and Cardinal and was then appointed to the Institut Collégial Provencher in Saint Boniface.^[4]

With her savings she was abl