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Name
  
Camille Roy

Role
  
Literary critic


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Born
  
October 22, 1870 (
1870-10-22
)
Berthier-en-Bas (Berthier-sur-Mer), Quebec

Occupation
  
priest, professor, literary critic

Died
  
June 24, 1943, Quebec City, Canada

Education
  
Petit Seminaire de Quebec

Camille Roy (October 22, 1870 – June 24, 1943) was a Canadian priest and literary critic.

Born in Berthier-en-Bas (Berthier-sur-Mer), Quebec, Roy studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec and was ordained a priest in 1896.

He was rector of Université Laval for four terms: 1922 to 1924, 1929, 1932 to 1938, and 1940 to 1943.

He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1929.

Selected works

  • Essais sur la littérature canadienne
  • Nos origines littéraires
  • A l'Ombre des érables, Erables en fleurs and Etudes et croquis
  • References

    Camille Roy (literary critic) Wikipedia