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Gabrielle Roy

1909 - 1983

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Gabrielle Roy (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl ʁwa]; March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba and one of the major figures in French Canadian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabrielle Roy is the 3,488th most popular writer (down from 3,425th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Canada (down from 209th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gabrielle Roy ranks 3,488 out of 7,302. Before her are Isaac de Benserade, Erri De Luca, Gunnar Heiberg, Yervant Odian, René Barjavel, and Jędrzej Śniadecki. After her are Ahmad Shamlou, Lajos Bíró, Doppo Kunikida, Vladislav Vančura, Moses ibn Ezra, and Zacharias Werner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Gabrielle Roy ranks 189. Before her are Cilly Aussem, Carlo Agostoni, Ivan Bek, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Hans Erni, and Pietro Arcari. After her are Burl Ives, Max Aub, Margaret Sullavan, Valentina Grizodubova, Sybille Schmitz, and Reuven Shiloah. Among people deceased in 1983, Gabrielle Roy ranks 130. Before her are Johan Richthoff, Fatma Begum, Adrian Boult, Herman Kahn, Werner Egk, and José Iraragorri. After her are Barbara Karinska, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Anthony van Hoboken, Musine Kokalari, Antonin Magne, and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gabrielle Roy ranks 258 out of 1,622. Before her are Terry Sawchuk (1929), Louis Jolliet (1645), Garou (1972), John T. Dunlap (1957), Robert Paul (1937), and Viola Desmond (1914). After her are Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Roddy Piper (1954), Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (1975), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), Frank Dux (1956), and Kenneth Welsh (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Gabrielle Roy ranks 13. Before her are Robin Sharma (1965), Brian Tracy (1944), Antonine Maillet (1929), Shulamith Firestone (1945), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), and Harold Russell (1914). After her are Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Anne Hébert (1916), David Shore (1959), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Louise Penny (1958), and Naomi Klein (1970).

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