Louis Fréchette

Louis Fréchette (1839-1908), born in Pointe-Lévy, studied at the minor seminary of Quebec, at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and at Nicolet, was called to the bar in 1864 and tried, without lasting success, to found two liberal newspapers in Lévis. From 1866 to 1871 he lived in Chicago, employed in the land department of the Illinois Central. A Liberal member of the House of Commons from 1874 to 1878, in 1880 he became the first Canadian to be crowned by the Académie française, which brought him fame, a brief meeting with Victor Hugo and accusations of plagiarism. Clerk of the Legislative Council, he died in Montreal.

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• PoetryLa Légende d'un peupleLouis Fréchette · 1887not translated into EnglishLiterature