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Aristide Filiatreault
1851–1913
A lively figure in Quebec print culture, he moved between the worlds of journalism, publishing, translation, and storytelling. His work helped capture French-Canadian speech and everyday life in a voice that still feels vivid and local.
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Contes, anecdotes et récits Canadiens dans le langage du terroir
by Aristide Filiatreault
About the author
Born in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec, in 1851, Aristide Filiatreault built a varied career as a typographer, journalist, publisher, translator, and writer. He spent much of his working life in and around the press, and sources describe him as an energetic presence in Montreal's literary and newspaper world before his death there in 1913.
Filiatreault is especially remembered for writing that drew on French-Canadian language and popular storytelling. His best-known book, Contes, anecdotes et récits canadiens dans le langage du terroir (1910), reflects his interest in everyday speech, humor, and local character. He also published Mes étrennes: la hache versus la bêche (1912) and a French-English glossary of electrical terms in 1913, showing how wide his interests could be.
What makes him interesting today is that he was not only an author of stories, but also a working man of print culture: someone who helped shape how writing reached readers. That mix of craft, journalism, and literary curiosity gives his work a strong sense of time and place.