Damase Potvin (born October 16, 1882 – 1964) was a

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born in Bagotville. He is the son of Charles Potvin and Julie Hudon.

Biography

He obtained his baccalauréat ès arts at the Séminaire de Chicoutimi where he contributed to the newspaper of the Institution L'Oiseau-Mouche, then enrolled, in 1894, in a business course. In 1903, he entered the White Fathers of Africa and unable to adapt to the climate of

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, he returned to the country in 1905. Subsequently, he opted for journalism and in 1905 founded the first newspaper in the Saguenay region, ''Le Travailleur''. He directed ''Le Progrès du Saguenay'' (1906) for a year. He will then move to Quebec where he will be assistant editor at ''La Semaine Commerciale'' and ''La Vérité'' then editor-in-chief at ''Quotidien'' in Lévis. He will then found ''Le Petit Québécois'' in which he will write controversial columns under the pseudonym of Jean Yves. In 1910, he moved to

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where he worked for '' Devoir'' (1910), while contributing to various newspapers and magazines: ''Chasse et Pêche'', ''Culture'', ''Saturday'', ''French Canada''. In July 1918, he founded the review ''Le Terroir'', organ of the Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters, which will be published until 1940. In December 1917 he co-founded, with Georges Morisset and Alonzo Cinq-Mars, the Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters of Quebec."The genesis of a society and the history of 'a decade', ''Le Terroir'', VIII, 10, Feb. 1928, p. 166. In 1938, he organized the Quebec Journalists Club. He will be a member of the Press Gallery in the Parliament of Quebec, of the Montreal Historical Society and of

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and the Society of French-Canadian Writers. In 1938, he received the

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'' and in 1940, the Prize of the Ministry of Mines for his novel ''Sous le signe du quartz''. His work is mainly focused on the terroir and the return to the land. The Damase-Potvin Literary Prize is awarded in his memory. From 1985 to 1995, the Damase-Potvin Prize was awarded to scientists on the occasion of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Regional Scientific Merit.

Works published

*'' Restons Chez Nous'', Québec, Guay, 1908. *'' Le Membre: roman de mœurs politiques québécoises'', Québec, L'Événement, 1916. *''l'Appel de la Terre'', Québec, Imprimerie de l'événement, 1919. *'' Le Tour du Saguenay'', 1920. *''Le Français: roman paysan du Pays de Québec'', Montréal, 1925. *''La Baie: récit d'un vieux colon canadien-français'', Montréal, Éd. Édouard-Garand, 1925. *''Sur la Grand'Route : nouvelles, contes et croquis'', 1927. *''Les Îlets Jérémie: histoire d'une ancienne mission du domaine du roi'', Québec, Éd. du Terroir, 1928. *''En Zig-Zag sur la Côte et dans l'Île'', Québec, 1929. *''Plaisant Pays de Saguenay'', Québec, 1931. *''La Robe Noire: récit des temps héroïques où fut fondée la Nouvelle France'', Mercure de France, 1932. *''La Rivière-à-mars'', 1934. *''Peter McLeod'', 1937. *''Puyjalon: Le solitaire de l'Ile-à-la chasse'', 1938. *''Sous le signe du quartz'', Montréal, Éd. Bernard-Valiquette, 1940. *''Un ancien contait...'', Montréal, Éd. Bernard-Valiquette, 1942. *''Les oubliés. Écrivains nordiques'', Québec, Édition Roch Poulin, 1944, 237 p. *''Thomas, le dernier de nos coureurs de bois. Le Parc des Laurentides'', Québec, Éditions Garneau ltée, 1945, 272 p. *''Le Saint-Laurent et ses îles'', Québec, Garneau, 1945. *''La "Dame française" du duc de Kent : récits historiques canadiens'', Québec, Éd. Garneau, 1948. *''Le roman d'un roman. Louis Hémon à Péribonka'', Québec, Éditions du Quartier Latin, 1950, 191 p. *''Le Roi du Golfe. le Dr P-E Fortin, ancien commandant de « La Canadienne »'', Québec, Éditions du Quartier Latin, 1952, 181 p. *''Trois petits clochers. Émouvante petite odyssée de colonisation sur la Côte-Nord'', Québec, 1953, 94 p. *''Un héros de l'air: l'heureuse aventure de Roméo Vachon'', 1955, 62 p. *''La Baie des Ha! Ha!. histoire et description, légendes et anecdotes. Paroisses, vieilles familles, gens et choses de la région'', Baie des Ha! Ha!, Édition de la Chambre de commerce de la Baie des Ha! Ha!, 1957, 427 p. *''Contes et Croquis'' *''L'Appel des Souvenirs'' *''The Saguenay Trip''

Magazines and newspapers

* Je Vois Tout * L'Oiseau-Mouche * L'Événement * Le Petit Québécois * Le Progrès du Saguenay * Revue Populaire * Samedi * Le Terroir *

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Bibliography

* Klaus-Dieter Ertler: ''Damase Potvin, "La robe noire"'', en: ''Der kanadische Roman der dreißiger Jahre. Eine ideologieanalytische Darstellung.'' Canadiana Romanica, 14. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 2000; repr. De Gruyter, Berlin 2015, pp 160 – 185. * Column "À la découverte de notre littérature" (''Discovering our literature''), by Yvon Paré, journal Le Quotidien, 14 juillet 1979, p. 8, biographical summary of Damase Potvin.

Honors

*1938 -

References

External links

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Biographie Marianopolis

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