Roger Lemelin was born on 7 April 1919 in Québec City. He left school in the eighth grade but continued to study independently. In addition to writing, Lemelin was a businessman and, from 1972 to 1981, editor of La Presse. Lemelin died on 16 March 1992.

Books by Roger Lemelin

	1944 Au pied de la pente douce (novel) The Town Below
	1948 Les Plouffe (novel) The Plouffe Family
	1949 Fantaisies sur les péchés capitaux (short stories)
	1952 Pierre le magnifique (novel) In Quest of Splendour
	1979 Les Voies de l'espérance (essays)
	1980 La Culotte en or (memoir)
	1982 Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe (novel)
	1988 Autopsie d'un fumeur (anecdotes)
Printer-friendly version

Awards

• Order of Canada
  • 1980 – Companion

Comments

Added 28 April 2008.
Updated 07 January 2012.