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Louis Hémon
1880–1913
A French novelist and traveler whose brief life produced one of the best-loved classics of French Canadian literature. His writing is remembered for its clear, humane portrait of rural Quebec and for the sense of movement and adventure that ran through his own life.
3 Audiobooks
Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country
by Louis Hémon
Maria Chapdelaine
by Louis Hémon
Itinéraires
by Louis Hémon
About the author
Born in Brest, France, in 1880, Louis Hémon studied in Paris before spending time in England and later in Canada. He worked as a journalist and clerk at different points, but he is best known for fiction shaped by close observation and a restless, wandering life.
His most famous novel, Maria Chapdelaine, was written after he lived in Quebec and drew on the people and landscape he encountered there. The book became widely celebrated after his death and helped secure his reputation far beyond France.
Hémon died in 1913, at just 32 years old, after being struck by a train in Ontario. Even with such a short career, he left behind a work that has endured for generations.