Blogueur gabrielle roy biography

Author.

Born at St.

Boniface on 22 March , daughter of Leon Roy () and Melina Landry () and younger sister of Marie Anna Adele Roy, she attended the Winnipeg Normal School and taught at Cardinal School before moving to Europe where she began to write.

Her first novel, Bonheur d’Occasion (translated as The Tin Flute), appeared in and won the Governor General’s Award.

Blogueur gabrielle roy biography

She was fluently bilingual and had a deceptively simple style. She wrote about ordinary people and strong women. Her work tended to celebrate the brief moments of joy in otherwise difficult lives.

She wrote a number of collections of short stories set in Manitoba: La Petite Poule d’eau (; translated as Where Nests the Water Hen), Rue Deschambault (; translated as Street of Riches), La Route d’Altamont (; translated as The Road Past Altamont), Un Jardin au bout du monde (; translated as Gar