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Philippe-Ignace-Francois Aubert de Gaspe

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Philippe-Ignace-Francois Aubert de Gaspe

Birth
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
7 Mar 1841 (aged 26)
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: He was buried in unmarked grave at Grafton Park (formerly the site of the 19th century Poorhouse Cemetery). Add to Map
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He was a Canadian writer and is credited with writing the first French-Canadian novel.

He was tutored by his father and studied at the seminary of Nicolet. He worked as a journalist at the "Quebec Mercury" and "Le Canadien". He was sentenced to a month in prison in November 1835 after clashing with Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, who had questioned his integrity. In February of the following year he unleashed a stink bomb of asafoetida at the National Assembly of Canada.

While lying-low at his father's house he began writing his novel "L'influence d'un livre". The story is made up of various fictionalized historical events, legends and folksongs which show the influence of father's recollections.
He was a Canadian writer and is credited with writing the first French-Canadian novel.

He was tutored by his father and studied at the seminary of Nicolet. He worked as a journalist at the "Quebec Mercury" and "Le Canadien". He was sentenced to a month in prison in November 1835 after clashing with Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, who had questioned his integrity. In February of the following year he unleashed a stink bomb of asafoetida at the National Assembly of Canada.

While lying-low at his father's house he began writing his novel "L'influence d'un livre". The story is made up of various fictionalized historical events, legends and folksongs which show the influence of father's recollections.

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