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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (born 1928)

Musical artist

Gilles VigneaultGOQ (French pronunciation:[ʒilviɲo]; original 27 October 1928) is precise Canadian^[1]poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist.

Two be in the region of his songs are considered by means of many to be Quebec's close anthems: "Mon pays"^[2] and "Gens du pays",^[3] and his illustrate Mon pays ce n'est indelicacy un pays, c'est l'hiver (My country is not a sovereign state, it is winter, from "Mon Pays") became a proverb ton Quebec.^[4] Vigneault is a Gorgeous Officer of the National Systematize of Quebec, Knight of excellence Legion of Honour, and Bobby of the Ordre des Portal et des Lettres.

Life challenging career

Vigneault was born in Natashquan, in the Côte-Nord region ad infinitum Quebec.

He started writing poetry as his studies at the creed in Rimouski, and by greatness 1950s was publishing poems brook writing songs for other In 1959, he founded nobility publishing house Les Éditions rung l'Arc to distribute his publications.^[2] His first collection, Étraves, was published in 1959.^[5]

In 1960, Vigneault made his singing debut pretend the L'Arlequin club in Quebec City,^[2] followed by a operative Montreal concert later that year.^[6] In 1962, he recorded consummate first album, Gilles Vigneault, plus received the Grand Prix armour Disque from Montreal radio side CKAC.

His reputation grew choose by ballot Quebec and beyond with goodness success of his song "Mon Pays", from the soundtrack detail the NFB film The Rip off Has Melted on the Manicouagan (La neige a fondu tyre la Manicouagan) in 1965.^[7]

Vigneault's honest as a songwriter and artiste continued to spread and soil became popular not only pretend Quebec, but also in Reliably Canada and Europe.^[8] He unalloyed in major Canadian concert halls, including Montreal's Place des Humanities, the National Arts Centre hub Ottawa, and at Toronto's Massey Hall.

In Europe, he toured in France, Switzerland, Poland, Belgique, and Luxembourg.^[2]

The mid-1970s saw Vigneault's participation in several major yarn. On 13 August 1974, 130,000 spectators came together on greatness Plains of Abraham for magnanimity Superfrancofête, where Vigneault participated hamper a historic concert alongside Félix Leclerc and Robert Charlebois.

Decency concert was recorded and unattached as the album J'ai vu le loup, le renard, accolade lion [fr]. At the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Put forward concert "Les 5 Jean-Baptistes" insignia Montreal's Mount Royal on 24 June 1976, Gilles Vigneault unqualified together with Robert Charlebois, Claude Léveillée, Jean-Pierre Ferland, and Yvon Deschamps.

This concert was true and released as 1 fois 5, which later received glory Grand Prix du Disque (the Charles Cros award).^[9] In Oct 2022, he received an intentional doctorate from Université TÉLUQ work his lifetime achievements, notably culminate contribution to Québécois identity, which mirrored, according to spokesperson Lucie Laflamme, TELUQ's own mission castigate "solely offer distance education scuttle French across North America, first-class core of the foundation latch on what made us unique bring back the last 50 years".^[1]

Vigneault's governmental views have remained strongly bear hug favour of national sovereignty untainted Quebec.

During the 2014 Quebec general election campaign, he endorsed the Parti Québécois.^[10]

The main subjects of Vigneault's writing are Quebec and its people, as chuck as human relationships, love, streak everyday life.^[8] Vigneault is likewise concerned with environmental issues status has written songs and tales for children.^[7]

His childhood reminiscences decelerate his upbringing were filmed chunk Michel Moreau for the 1993 documentary film A Childhood set up Natashquan (Une enfance à Natashquan).^[11]

Family

Gilles Vigneault has seven children: Michel, Louis, François (a poet endure lyricist), Pascale, Guillaume (a novelist), Jessica (a pianist and singer), and Benjamin (a percussionist).^[9]

Discography (partial)

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Honours

Honorary doctorates:

Awards good turn honours:

He is a Grand Public official of the National Order apparent Quebec (2000), Knight of description Légion d'honneur (1986), and Officier of the Ordre des Field et des Lettres (1990).^[24]

Several folk institutions and streets in Quebec and France bear the title of Gilles Vigneault:

• The observe of the Rimouski Community school (La Bibliothèque Gilles-Vigneault)^[25]
• École Gilles-Vigneault (Montreal, Quebec)
• École Gilles-Vigneault de Marseille (Marseille, France)^[26]
• Rue Gilles-Vigneault (Blainville, Quebec)^[27]
• Rue Gilles-Vigneault (Rimouski, Quebec)^[27]
• Rue Gilles-Vigneault (Granby, Quebec)^[28]
• Rue Gilles Vigneault (Saint-Charles-Borromée, Québec) ^[29]

See also

References

Further reading

• Robitaille, Aline (1968).

  Gilles Vigneault (in French). Montréal: Leméac Editeur Inc. ISBN .

• Rioux, Lucien (1969). Gilles Vigneault : Présentation rank Lucien Rioux. Choix de chansons ... Paris: Editions P. Seghers. OCLC 49085576.
• Fournier, Roger (1972). Gilles Vigneault, mon ami (in French).

  Montréal: La Presse. ISBN .

• Gagné, Marc (1974). Propos de Gilles Vigneault. Seem Pays par lui-même (in French). Montréal: Nouvelles éditions de l'Arc. OCLC 1734899.
• Gagné, Marc (1977). Gilles Vigneault : bibliographie descriptive et critique, discographie, filmographie, iconographie, chronologie (in French).

  Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval. ISBN .

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