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Gaston Miron OQ (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ miˈʁɔ̃]; 8 January 1928 – 14 December 1996) was an important Canadian poet, writer, and editor of Quebec's Quiet Revolution.
Gaston Miron (né à Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts le 8 janvier 1928, et mort à Montréal le 14 décembre 1996) est un poète et éditeur québécois 1. Il est surtout connu pour L'Homme rapaillé, un recueil de poèmes publié pour la première fois en 1970 et considéré comme une œuvre majeure de la littérature québécoise.
Feb 10, 2008 · Gaston Miron, poet, publisher (born 8 January 1928 at Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC; died 14 December 1996 in Montréal, QC). An Officer of the National Order of Québec and a Commandeur de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest honours.
Gaston Miron was not only a highly-recognized French-Canadian poet, but also an influential spokesman for Quebec separation and independence, and he became known as Quebec’s “national poet”. His work was known in Europe, and he was named Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres de la République française in 1993.
Apr 2, 1978 · MONTREAL—If Quebec had a poet laureate, he would probably be Gaston Miron, a forceful leader of its highly vocal and nationalist community of arts and letters.
Jan 1, 2014 · Gaston Miron, the Quebec poet, was in a unique situation that is difficult to pinpoint as colonial or postcolonial. In addition, he expresses extreme distress that may not quite fit in...
In December of 1996, the death of Québécois poet Gaston Miron was big news in Montreal's newspapers and magazines. Miron, aside from being a celebrated author of passionate verse, was also a dedicated ideologue of separatism, the nationalist movement which hopes to see the largely French-speaking province of Quebec secede from the Canadian union.
