Huguette Gaulin
French novelist
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| Intro | French novelist | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Poet Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1944, Montreal, Canada | |
| Death | 6 June 1972Montreal, Canada (aged 28 years) |
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Biography
Huguette Gaulin Bergeron (1944 – June 6, 1972), was a French Canadian novelist, who committed suicide publicly by self-immolation in a major street of the Old Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, while screaming "Vous avez détruit la beauté du monde!" ("You have destroyed the beauty of the world!").
Luc Plamondon, a French-Canadian lyricist, was inspired to write a hymn in Huguette Gaulin Bergeron's honour. The hymn, entitled Hymne À La Beauté Du Monde, has since been sung by numerous French-Canadian artists such as Diane Dufresne, Isabelle Boulay, Garou, and Éric Lapointe.
Works
- Lecture En Velocipede, 1972