15 August 2014

Jean-Charles Harvey in Québec city

'ICI VÉCUT
PENDANT QU'IL RÉDIGEAIT LES DEMI-CIVILISÉS
Jean-Charles
HARVEY
(18911967)
JOURNALISTE ET ÉCRIVAIN'

Harvey's novel Les Demi-civilisés (1934) was attacked by the clergy, particularly by Cardinal Villeneuve, and led to his dismissal from the daily Le Soleil. He established the weekly Le Jour in 1937, which continued for over eight years.

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