Hubert Aquin

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Hubert Aquin
Aquin in 1976
Born(1929-10-24)24 October 1929
Montreal, Quebec
Died15 February 1977(1977-02-15) (aged 47)
Montreal, Quebec
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Essayist
Notable works
  • "The Cultural Fatigue of French Canada" (1962)
  • Next Episode (1965)
  • Blackout (1968)
  • The Antiphonary (1969)
  • Hamlet's Twin (1974)
Notable awardsGovernor General's Awards (not accepted)
Prix de la province de Québec
Prix Athanase-David
SpouseThérèse Larouche (1955-1975)
PartnerAndrée Yanacopoulo (1963–1977)
ChildrenPhilippe, Stéphane, Emmanuel
RelativesFrançois Aquin (cousin)

Hubert Aquin (French pronunciation: [ybɛʁ akɛ̃]; 24 October 1929 – 15 March 1977) was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel Next Episode. He is also an important figure in the history of the Quebec independence movement, to which he contributed both as an activist and as an essayist. Tempted by suicide for a great part of his existence, he ended his life in 1977 in the gardens of Villa Maria College.

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