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By Gauthier, Serge
Menaud Maître-draveur
The French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) said "I am Madame Bovary". Similarly, the Quebec novelist and poet Félix-Antoine Savard (1896-1982) could have seen one of his characters as describing himself. As a matter of fact, Félix-Antoine Savard often allowed himself to be called "Menaud" by his friends without being bothered in the slightest. In Quebec French-languag eliterature, rarely has a character been so closely associated with its creator and even less frequently has such a character's presence been so overshadowed the author's life's work. In fact, with the exception of the novel ...
The English version of the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America is online since December 15th, 2009. It features an ever growing number of articles, documents and resources on the heritage of French-speaking North America.
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