Author, Journalist. He won acclaim both in Canada and in France for his novels about life in Quebec City's working-class Lower Town, where he was born and raised. They include "Au pied de la pente douce" (1944; English version "The Town Below", 1948); "Les Plouffe" (1948; "The Plouffe Family", 1950); "Pierre le Magnifique" (1952; "In Quest of Splendor", 1955); and "Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe" (1982; "The Crime of Ovide Plouffe", 1984). "The Plouffe Family", the most popular of these, enjoyed even greater success as a television series, which ran on CBC in French and English versions from 1953 to 1959. Lemelin scripted all 194 episodes in both languages. In Quebec, the series was so popular that other social events (such as church services, public meetings and even hockey playoffs) were scheduled around the telecasts. In 1976, Lemelin authorized ABC to produce an Americanized version of "The Plouffe Family": "Viva Valdez", which changed the French-Canadian Plouffes of Quebec City to the Mexican-American Valdezes of East Los Angeles. He later co-scripted film versions of "The Plouffe Family" (1981) and "The Crime of Ovide Plouffe" (1984). From 1944 to 1952, Lemelin was a Canadian correspondent for Time, Life and Fortune magazines, and from 1972 to 1981 he was editor-publisher of La Presse, Montreal's largest French-language daily. He died of lung cancer.
Author, Journalist. He won acclaim both in Canada and in France for his novels about life in Quebec City's working-class Lower Town, where he was born and raised. They include "Au pied de la pente douce" (1944; English version "The Town Below", 1948); "Les Plouffe" (1948; "The Plouffe Family", 1950); "Pierre le Magnifique" (1952; "In Quest of Splendor", 1955); and "Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe" (1982; "The Crime of Ovide Plouffe", 1984). "The Plouffe Family", the most popular of these, enjoyed even greater success as a television series, which ran on CBC in French and English versions from 1953 to 1959. Lemelin scripted all 194 episodes in both languages. In Quebec, the series was so popular that other social events (such as church services, public meetings and even hockey playoffs) were scheduled around the telecasts. In 1976, Lemelin authorized ABC to produce an Americanized version of "The Plouffe Family": "Viva Valdez", which changed the French-Canadian Plouffes of Quebec City to the Mexican-American Valdezes of East Los Angeles. He later co-scripted film versions of "The Plouffe Family" (1981) and "The Crime of Ovide Plouffe" (1984). From 1944 to 1952, Lemelin was a Canadian correspondent for Time, Life and Fortune magazines, and from 1972 to 1981 he was editor-publisher of La Presse, Montreal's largest French-language daily. He died of lung cancer.
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