“I was fed up with humanity so I decided to become a champion ski-jumper.” - Roger Lemelin
French Culture
Read the incredible story of Roger Lemelin, day-labourer, amateur boxer, ski-jumper, French tutor, bookkeeper, general manager, trouble-maker, and French-Canadian writer!
“I know that you didn’t like me, but you’ve forgotten what you were like. You were always trying to promote French speakers and shove in a French-Canadian actor you happened to know." - Gallant's Editor
Marta Dvorak’s 2008 interview with Mavis Gallant about her long career as a writer and journalist.