Claude-Henri Grignon


Grignon, Claude-Henri
Claude-Henri Grignon, journalist, critic, novelist, author of radio and TV serials (b at Ste-Adèle, Qué 8 July 1894; d there 3 Apr 1976). Grignon is known primarily for his novel Un Homme et son péché (1933), whose hero, the miserly Séraphin Poudrier, became the central figure in adaptations for radio, TV and 2 films. This original, powerful novel broke with the convention of extolling rural life and won Québec's Prix David (1935). Some 100 000 copies of the book have been printed, and it has been adapted as a series on radio and TV. Grignon, who has other publications to his credit, also became well known as a virulent critic, thanks to Les Pamphlets de Valdombre (1936-43). In 1962 he became a member of the ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. Un Homme et son péché was translated into English as The Woman and the Miser (1978).

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