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	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1948 Les Plouffe (novel) The Plouffe Family	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1949 Fantaisies sur les péchés capitaux (short stories)	Biblio.com
	1952 Pierre le magnifique (novel) In Quest of Splendour	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1979 Les Voies de l'espérance (essays)	Biblio.com
	1980 La Culotte en or (memoir)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1982 Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe (novel)	Biblio.com
	1988 Autopsie d'un fumeur (anecdotes)	Biblio.com
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Awards

• Order of Canada
  • 1980 – Companion

Added 28 April 2008.
Updated 12 October 2008.