André Laurendeau

André Laurendeau (born March 21, 1912 in Montreal , † June 1, 1968 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian writer, essayist, journalist and politician.

The son of the music professor and conductor Arthur Laurendeau and the pianist Blanche Hardy attended the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal and the University of Montreal and studied philosophy and social sciences from 1935 at the Sorbonne and the Institut Catholique de Paris . In 1933 he founded the Jeune Canada movement with friends and worked for the magazine L'Action nationale, which his father ran . On his return to Canada, he headed the magazine from 1937 to 1943.

In 1942 he participated in the founding of the Ligue pour la défense du Canada , which opposed the introduction of conscription. On the other hand, there were clear reservations in francophone Québec . He became the secretary of the Ligue. In this function he also belonged to the Bloc populaire , which was founded after the referendum of April 27, 1942 . From 1944 to 1947 he was provincial chairman of the party and from 1944 to 1948 representative of Montréal-Laurier in the National Assembly of Québec .

From 1947 to 1957 he was publisher and deputy editor-in-chief, then editor-in-chief of the daily Le Devoir until his death . In addition, from 1948 to 1954 he again headed the Action nationale and was involved in numerous radio and television programs as an employee of the Maclean magazine from 1961 to 1966. In 1963 he became Vice President of the Commission royale d'enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme , in which he advocated greater consideration of the interests of the Francophone population in Canada.

Works

Notre nationalisme (1935)
L'abbé Lionel Groulx (1938)
Actualité de Saint-François (1938)
Alerte aux Canadiens français (1941)
Nos écoles enseignent-elles la haine de l'anglais? (1942)
Ce que nous sommes (1945)
La centralization et la guerre (1946)
Voyages au pays de l'enfance (1960)
La crise de la conscription 1942 (1962)
Une vie d'enfer (1965)
Deux femmes terribles , drama
La vertu des chattes et Marie-Emma , TV film

literature

Donald James Horton: André Laurendeau: la vie d'un nationaliste, 1912-1968 . Fides, 1995 ISBN 9782890077904
N ° special of "Les Cahiers d'histoire du Québec au XXe siècle", 10, Winter 2000: "André Laurendeau aujourd'hui. Vie de l'esprit et modernité". Ed. Center de recherche Lionel-Groulx ISSN 1195-9908

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notes

↑ The quarter is shaped several times by the namesake Wilfrid Laurier , with a central avenue named after him, a metro station and the "Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier" park. Outside is the boulevard of the same name in the Terrebonne district .

personal data
SURNAME	Laurendeau, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian writer, essayist, journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	June 1, 1968
Place of death	Ottawa

[1] The quarter is shaped several times by the namesake Wilfrid Laurier , with a central avenue named after him, a metro station and the "Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier" park. Outside is the boulevard of the same name in the Terrebonne district .