F-X Garneau’s Histoire du Canada (1845–48) inspired a school of patriotic verse led
by Octave Crémazie (1827–79) and continued by Louis Fréchette (1838–1908). A new
movement began after 1900 with such poets as André Lozeau (1878–1924), Paul
Morin (1889–1963), Robert Choquette (1862–1941), Alain Grandbois (1900–1975),
Hector St Denys Garneau (1912–1943), Eloi de Grandmont (1921–1971), and re
Trottier (1925– ). Fiction reached a high point with Louis Hémon (1880–1914) whose
Maria Chapdelaine inspired many genre works. Outstanding later novelists are
Germaine Guèvremont (1893–1968), Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983), ‘Ringuet’ (Philippe
Panneton) (1895–1960), Robert Elie (1915–1973), Roger Lemelin (1919– ), and Yves
Thériault (1915–1983). Antonine Maillet (1929– ), an Acadian novelist from New
Brunswick, was awarded the Prix Goncourt 1979.