author
Aristide Filiatreault
1851–1913
A lively early voice in Quebec journalism, he moved from the print shop to the newspaper office and then into books that mixed storytelling, folklore, and sharp social commentary. His work offers a vivid glimpse of French-Canadian life at the turn of the 20th century.
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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 became a typographer at a young age and built a career in the world of print. Reliable biographical sources describe him as a typographer, journalist, translator, publisher, and writer, with much of his life centered in Montreal.
He is especially remembered for his independent streak in journalism and publishing. He owned and ran newspapers and magazines, and later published books including Contes, anecdotes et récits canadiens (1910), Mes étrennes: la hache versus la bêche (1912), and a technical English-French glossary in 1913. Those works show both his range and his interest in everyday language, popular tales, and practical knowledge.
Filiatreault died in Montreal in 1913. Today he stands out as a colorful figure in Quebec literary and newspaper history: a man of the press who turned his experience with readers, politics, and spoken language into writing that still carries local character and energy.