Hubert Aquin

Hubert Aquin (Known as "Hubert Aquin")

Novelist, Essayist, Revolutionary Intellectual, Author of Prochain Épisode

Born Oct 24, 1929

Montreal, Canada

Passed Away Mar 15, 1977 Montreal, Canada

Lifespan 47 years old

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"I was born in the era of defeat, but I write for the hour of our rising."

Archival Overview

Brilliant, radical Quebec novelist whose revolutionary spy thriller Prochain Épisode (1965)—written while detained in a psychiatric prison for separatist militancy—revolutionized post-modern literature.

Biographical Record

Educated at the Université de Montréal and Sciences Po in Paris, Aquin was an active militant in the separatist Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale (RIN). In 1964, arrested with a stolen revolver, he was placed in a psychiatric hospital where he composed Prochain Épisode.

The novel became an immediate international sensation, weaving dazzling wordplay, espionage, and political allegory to depict Quebec's historical paralysis. Refusing the Governor General's Award on political principle, Aquin took his own life on the grounds of Montreal's Collège Villa Maria in 1977.

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Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Montreal, Canada

                         GPS: 45.4986, -73.6053                    

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