Gaston Miron

Gaston Miron (Known as "The Bard of Quebec")

Poet, Co-founder of Éditions de l'Hexagone, Author of L'homme rapaillé

Born Jan 08, 1928

Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (Quebec), Canada

Passed Away Dec 14, 1996 Montreal, Canada

Lifespan 68 years old

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"I advance through the tall grass of my land, with the heart of a companion of the Americas."

Archival Overview

Revered national poet of Quebec and co-founder of Éditions de l'Hexagone, whose seminal 1970 poetry collection L'homme rapaillé became the poetic manifesto of Quebec identity.

Biographical Record

Moving to Montreal in 1947, Miron co-founded the historic publishing house Éditions de l'Hexagone in 1953, creating an independent platform for modern Quebec literature. A fiery orator with a bushy beard and passionate voice, he recited his poems in coffee houses and public demonstrations.

His magnum opus, L'homme rapaillé (The Patchwork Man, 1970), captured the alienation, longing for sovereignty, and visceral beauty of the Quebec land, selling over 100,000 copies. At his death in 1996, the Quebec National Assembly accorded him an official state funeral, the first ever for a poet.

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Final Resting Place

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Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Cemetery
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Canada

                         GPS: 46.0500, -74.2833                    

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