French-Canadian literature

F-X Garneau's Histoire du Canada (1845–48) inspired a school of patriotic verse led by Octave Crémazie (1827–79) and continued by Louis Fréchette (1838–1908). A new movement began after 1900 with such poets as André Lozeau (1878–1924), Paul Morin (1889–1963), Robert Choquette (1862–1941), Alain Grandbois (1900–1975), Hector St Denys Garneau (1912–1943), Eloi de Grandmont (1921–1971), and re Trottier (1925– ). Fiction reached a high point with Louis Hémon (1880–1914) whose Maria Chapdelaine inspired many genre works. Outstanding later novelists are Germaine Guèvremont (1893–1968), Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983), ‘Ringuet’ (Philippe Panneton) (1895–1960), Robert Elie (1915–1973), Roger Lemelin (1919– ), and Yves Thériault (1915–1983). Antonine Maillet (1929– ), an Acadian novelist from New Brunswick, was awarded the Prix Goncourt 1979.