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I RES Answers : rallyevieux-quebeclitteraire.ca Séminaire de Québec Alain Grandbois Ondinnok The Séminaire’s collection dating from Mgr François « C’est dans cette petite chambre […] Porteur des peines du monde (1987) de Laval que j’écrivis mes premiers poèmes.5 » Founded in 1985, Ondinnok is the first Indigenous French-language Since its foundation by Mgr François de Laval (1663), the Séminaire On this street lived the poet and novelist Alain Grandbois (1900-1975). theater company in . Its first creation, Porteur des peines de Québec has amassed in its archives and library some 185,000 books As a teenager, he attended the Petit Séminaire and resided in a du monde, was presented at the Festival d’été de Québec (1987), and 65,000 ancient documents, dating from the 12th to the 20th century. boarding house for students where he wrote his first poems. attracting some 1,200 spectators each evening on the esplanade of In 2007, UNESCO added part of the collection (1623-1800) to the He recounts this episode in Visages du monde (1950-1952), a radio series Rue d’Auteuil. In thirty-five years, the troupe has produced more than Memory of the World Register. All these treasures have been preserved of his most beautiful travels. For Grandbois, « [l]e visage de Québec thirty shows and events, placing itself at the heart of contemporary by the Musée de la civilisation since 1995. est l’un des plus émouvants parmi les visages du monde.6 » (“the face French-language Indigenous dramatic arts. of Québec City is one of the most moving faces of the world.”) Morrin Centre Université Laval Canada’s first learned society Jacques Poulin The intellectual heart of the Quartier latin Canada’s oldest surviving learned society, the Literary and Historical Jack Waterman’s Old Québec From the 1920s to the end of the 1960s, Old Québec enjoyed a strong Society of (1824) is a heritage gem in the capital. To this day, This house was the home of novelist Jacques Poulin (1937-), who used intellectual vitality, with bookstores and student cafés spreading out it manages the Morrin Centre, a cultural organization dedicated to it as the setting for The Heart of the Blue Whale7 (1970) and Volkswagen in the Quartier latin around Université Laval – until the latter moved gr the history and culture of Québec City’s English-speaking community. Blues8 (1984). Poulin’s Old Québec is a true literary myth : it is where to Sainte-Foy. The Faculty of Arts (1937), founded by M Camille Roy, Its historic library, with its unique character, is immortalized the hero Jack Waterman crosses paths with books and cats, a river laid the first foundations for a modern scientific reflection on national in novels by Louise Penny and Jacques Poulin. and ancient walls, intellectual waitresses and androgynous girls. literary history. To learn more about the literary Maison de la littérature - L’ICQ Maison François-Xavier-Garneau Nuit blanche and Les libraires magazines A unique institution in A national writer’s last home Carrying the voice of books history of Québec City and discover Since 1848, L’ICQ (Institut canadien de Québec) has been watching over François-Xavier Garneau (1809-1866) lived in this house for the last Rue Saint-Jean has been home to two important literary magazines : literature through its libraries and cultural programs. As manager of the two years of his life. Poet, notary, journalist, translator at the Legislative Nuit blanche (1982) and Les libraires (1998), whose influence has reached fascinating archives, please visit Bibliothèque de Québec since 1897, L’ICQ established a public library Assembly, and later clerk for the City of Québec, this literary man far beyond the walls of the city. Both magazines have promoted Québec and a performance hall in the former Wesley Temple in 1944. In 2015, is best known for his Histoire du Canada9, which qualified him as a and foreign literature throughout the province of Québec, as well as rallyevieux-quebeclitteraire.ca. the Maison de la littérature was inaugurated there, becoming a true national historian in his lifetime. In 2016, the Government of Québec in a large part of the French-speaking world. beacon of literature in Québec. designated him a historical figure. Library of the National Assembly of Québec In partnership with Chez Temporel Maison Cirice-Têtu Preserving the nation’s books Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec, A “dear neighbor’s1” hideaway The De Koninck Family - A Cultural Household The Library of the National Assembly of Québec contains over 2 million In the 1980s, the novelist Chrystine Brouillet lived in Old Québec. While From 1935 to 1965, the Maison Cirice-Têtu was a cultural household documents, including 500 first editions of Québec literary works from L’Îlot des Palais, La Promenade des écrivains, th th studying at the Petit Séminaire, and subsequently at Université Laval, gravitating around the philosopher Charles De Koninck (1906-1965) the 19 and 20 centuries. One of its jewels is the collection of former Le Monastère des Augustines, Librairie Pantoute, she worked as a waitress at Chez Temporel. During this time she wrote and his wife Zoe Decruydt (1913-2008). The office, the living room and Premier Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau : classified as a“heritage Librairie Première Issue, Maison de la littérature, her first detective novel, Dear Neighbor2 (1982), where corpses popped the dining room welcomed many writers and intellectuals, to discuss document” by the Government of Québec, it includes valuable editions by European printers of the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as some Morrin Centre, Musée de la civilisation, Nuit blanche, up in every corner of the Quartier latin. The mythical café also hosts the society, culture and politics. Even today, the De Koninck family nurtures Temporel Mondays, poetry evenings organized by writer Guy Cloutier. the academic, cultural, athletic and social life of Québec City. of the earliest Canadian and Québecois prints. Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines, Québec BD and SDC Vieux-Québec. La Gazette de Québec / Cavalier-du-Moulin L’Îlot des Palais The Quebec Gazette The hidden heart of Old Québec The first public archives Beloved Québec City singer and author of the famous « La basse-ville10 » Most of the books and documents from came from the Research and writing : Marie-Ève Sévigny The first Canadian newspaper (1975), Sylvain Lelièvre published his first and only novel, Le troisième private archives of religious communities. The first public archives of The first printing press of the British colony arrived in Québec City Illustration : Julien Dallaire-Charest orchestre11, in 1996. It tells the story of Benoît, his alter ego, a gifted the colony were set up in 1733 in the vaults of the Palais by Intendant in 1764. On June 21st, the first Canadian newspaper in history was teenager from Limoilou, enamored with jazz and girls. One scene takes Gilles Hocquart (1729-1748), who ensured the preservation of a very Production : L’ICQ (Institut canadien de Québec) published : The Quebec Gazette / La Gazette de Québec. This four-page place in Parc Cavalier-du-Moulin, where the hero struggles to choose rich collection of public and civil documents from the French regime. bilingual weekly newspaper moved to Côte de la Montagne in 1792. between love and the piano. This area became the printing and newspaper district until the end of the 19th century. Monastère des Augustines Bibliothèque de Québec / A passion for people The 2,800 manuscripts and printed documents in this library, dating Le Chantauteuil The Quebec Library from 1601 to 1900, illustrate the insatiable curiosity of the Augustine REFERENCES Saint-Jean, a street for singers The first public library in Québec City nuns, who were passionate about religion, medicine, botany, history, Chez Temporel From the 1950s to the turn of the millennium, Rue Saint-Jean vibrated The Quebec Library / Bibliothèque de Québec (1779) was nicknamed geography, music and even cooking. Les Annales de l’Hôtel-Dieu de 1 Chrystine Brouillet, Dear Neighbor, Toronto, General Pub., 1984 [1982]. with the nightly din of bars, cafés, cabarets and « boîtes à chansons ». the “Haldimand Library” : the governor of the Province of Québec tried Québec (1636-1716), a retrospective history of the community15, was written 2 Idem. One of the most popular addresses was undoubtedly Le Chantauteuil to reconcile the newly conquered and the British citizens by by Jeanne-Françoise Juchereau (soeur Saint-Ignace, 1650-1723). This Bar L’Ostradamus (1968-2013), a meeting spot for booksellers, writers and publishers, providing a library for French and English speakers. Given that French work is considered the first book written by a woman born in Canada. 3 Patrice Desbiens, « Satori à Québec » dans Patrice Desbiens where many literary projects were born and later launched in this books were difficult to obtain, the library did not open until 1783 – and et les Moyens du Bord, Sudbury, Éditions Prise de parole, 1999. very location. its shelves were only accessible to subscribers, namely wealthy people. 4 Idem. Pantoute Alain Grandbois Fifty years of “biblio-frenzy” 5 Alain Grandbois, « Québec », dans Visages du monde, Montréal, Crémazie, Garneau and Place D’Youville and the theater scene Over the years, Pantoute is where several generations of passionate Presses de l’Université de Montréal, coll. « Bibliothèque du Nouveau-Monde », Générale française bookstores When Old Québec makes a scene booksellers have hosted book launches, talks, book signings and literary 1990 [1971]. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Old Québec has witnessed broadcasts. Its collection of some 45,000 books makes it THE reference 6 Ibid. A crossroads of booksellers, publishers and writers the birth of many theaters and theater companies. The Conservatoire for all of Québec, when it comes to everything – from Québec and For nearly 200 years, starting with the Librairie Crémazie (1833-1862), Jacques Poulin d’art dramatique (1958) brings out new talent every year. To this day, foreign literature, to youth literature or comic books. Since 2014, 7 then the Librairie Garneau (1880-1997), and finally the Librairie Jacques Poulin, The Heart of the Blue Whale, Toronto, Anansi, 1979 [1970]. the construction of innovative venues such as Le Diamant, or the the bookstore has been owned by its employees. 8 Générale française (1971-2013), Rue de la Fabrique and Rue de Buade Jacques Poulin, Volkswagen Blues, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1988 [1984]. renovated Capitole confirm how anchored the performing arts were a literary crossroads. Québec’s first writers, as well as more Maison François-Xavier-Garneau are in the area. 9 François-Xavier Garneau, Histoire du Canada, vol. I-II, Montréal, contemporary ones, met with booksellers in their back rooms to debate Pôle Culturel du Monastère des Ursulines Bibliothèque québécoise, 1999 [1845-1852]. politics, or simply sip a coffee together. Marie Guyart, one of New France’s great letter writers Cavalier-du-Moulin Terrasse Dufferin, Albert Camus Marie Guyart (1599-1672), known as Marie de l’Incarnation, was an 10 Sylvain Lelièvre, « La basse-ville », dans Petit matin, Montréal, Le Nordet, Bar L’Ostradamus « Il me semble que j’aurais quelque chose à dire sur extremely prolific writer in New France : she wrote some 13,000 letters 1975. 3 12 during her lifetime, as well as her autobiography, dictionaries and 11 « Et la rue Saint-Jean est une rivière de bière » Québec » (“It seems to me that I’d have something Sylvain Lelièvre, Le troisième orchestre, Québec, L’Instant même, 1996. spiritual treatises. She opened the first school for girls in North America In « Satori à Québec4 » (1999), the poet Patrice Desbiens depicts a to say about Québec City”) Terrasse Dufferin, Albert Camus by founding the Monastère des Ursulines in Québec City, which has 12 drunken evening at the now defunct L’Ostradamus. From the 1970s In the aftermath of the Second World War, in May 1946, the writer and Albert Camus, Journaux de voyage, Paris, Gallimard, 1978. been dedicated to education for nearly four centuries. © Éditions Gallimard. Tous les droits d’auteur de cette œuvre sont réservés. to the turn of the millennium, this bar hosted a long list of jazz and philosopher Albert Camus (1913-1960) visited the American East Coast. Sauf autorisation, toute utilisation de l’œuvre autre que la consultation blues bands, which made it a particularly noisy place in the Quartier Unimpressed by New York City, the author of The Outsider13 (1942) individuelle et privée est interdite. latin. “Satori” is a Zen Buddhist term for spiritual awakening. and The Plague14 (1947) made a detour to Montréal and Québec City, Première Issue comic shop 13 Albert Camus, The Outsider, New-York, Penguin Random House, attracted by their francophone dimension. This Frenchman of Algerian coll. « Penguin Classics », 2013 [1942]. The treasure chest for comic strip geeks descent was particularly sensitive to our capital’s colonial past. 14 Albert Camus, The Plague, Londres, Hamish Hamilton, 1948 [1947]. For over 35 years, Première Issue has dedicated its vast inventory to the American comic book and other English-language comic strips. Monastère des Augustines 15 Jeanne-Françoise Juchereau, Les Annales de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec A magical universe full of thousands of treasures, revealing the (1636-1716), Québec, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 1939 [1716]. creativity of international artists, the bookstore is a depository for divergent publications, micro-publishing and Québec’s alternative comic strip. It is an Ali Baba’s cave for fans of the ninth art.