Hubert Aquin
Canadian writer (1929-1977) · Canada · On the map · Writers · Died at 47
Hubert Aquin was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel Next Episode. He is also an important figure in the history of the Quebec independence movement, to which he contributed both as an activist and as an essayist.
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Nicole Brossard Co-founded Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois
Jacques Godbout Co-founded Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois
Jacques Brault Co-founded Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois
Anne Claire Poirier Directed La Fin des étés (1964)- Jacques Bobet Produced La Fin des étés (1964)
Fernand Dansereau Produced September Five at Saint-Henri (1962)
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Tempted by suicide for a great part of his existence, he ended his life in 1977 in the gardens of Villa Maria College.
