Germaine Guèvremont, born Grignon[1] (April 16, 1893 – August 21, 1968) was a Canadian writer, who was a prominent figure in Quebec literature.[1]
Born in 1893 in
stenographer during the Great Depression. She also began to publish short stories, which were compiled into her debut book, En pleine terre, in 1938.[2]
She published the novel Le Survenant in 1945, followed by the sequel Marie-Didace in 1947. The Outlander, an English translation of her two novels in one volume, was published in 1950, and won the fiction prize in the
memoirs late in life, but completed only two chapters before her death in 1968.[2]
She was the cousin of Claude-Henri Grignon, the author of Un Homme et son péché.[1] Ironically, Guèvremont's novels are largely recognized as the last influential examples of romans du terroir, the traditionalist form of Quebec literature in the early 20th century,[2] while Grignon's Un Homme broke with that tradition and is recognized as one of Quebec's first influential modernist novels.[3]
Works
En pleine terre (1942/1946)
Le Survenant (1945)
Marie-Didace (1947)
The Outlander (1950; English translation of both Le Survenant and Marie-Didace in one volume)
Awards and honours
In addition to her Governor General's Award win, Le Survenant won the
