Robert Choquette

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Robert Choquette (born November 22, 1905 in Manchester , New Hampshire , † January 22, 1991 ) was a Canadian writer and diplomat.

Choquette lived in Montreal since 1914, where he attended the Collège Saint-Laurent (1917-21) and the Loyola College (1921-26). In 1926 he published his first volume of poetry À travers les vents , for which he received the Prix ​​David , and in the following year his first novel La Pension Leblanc . In 1928 he became literary director of the magazine La Revue moderne , in 1930 librarian of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal .

His volume of poetry, Metropolitan Museum , published in 1931, won recognition from literary criticism. Since the early 1930s Roquette wrote for the radio and became known with series such as Le Curé de village (1935–38), La Pension Velder (1938–42) and Métropole (1943–56). His television games were broadcast on Radio-Canada's French channel between 1955 and 1975 . He has also published other volumes of poetry, including Poésies nouvelles (1933), Suite marine (1953) and the Oeuvres poétiques (1956).

In 1964 Choquette became Canadian Consul General in Marseilles, and in 1968 Canadian Ambassador to Argentina. He was a member of various literary societies, including the Académie canadienne-française , and received several literary prizes, including the Prix ​​David three times (1926, 1932, 1956), the poetry prize of the Académie française (1954), the Prix ​​Duvernay (1954), the Prix Edgar Poe (1956) and the Prix ​​international des amitiés françaises (1962). In 1968 he was honored as a Companion of the Order of Canada .

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SURNAME Choquette, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poet, writer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1991