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He discovered modern art through his brother Pierre , who attended l'École des beaux-arts, and met painter Paul-Émile Borduas, leader of Les Automatistes. In 1947, he wrote his first play, Bien-être , with actor Muriel Guilbault , « la muse incomparable », with whom he was deeply in love. He then became an inconditional advocate of the automatist movement, and, in 1948, signed Bordua's manifesto Refus Global, which would become a key document of Quebec cultural history.
Following Muriel Guilbault's suicide, his fragile emotional stability caused him to be interned ten times over eight years in Montreal psychiatric hospital Saint-Jean-de-Dieu. He continued to write, though. While working for the radio, between 1952 and 1969, he wrote several of his most notorious works, beginning with Beauté baroque ( 1952), a novel depicting the life of his beloved Muriel. In 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in, at a time where he belived to die, he wrote what many consider to be his masterpiece, La charge de l'original épormyable , which would not be performed until 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. He also wrote, between 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in and 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the, several collections of poems, including: Sur fil métamorphose ( 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in), Brochuges ( 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in), and Étal Mixte ( 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the).
In 1958, Janou Saint-Denis realized two of his short plays at École des beaux-arts: La jeune fille et la lune and Les grappes lucides . He then wrote his masterpiece, Les oranges sont vertes , which would be presented at TNM in 1972.
On March 27, 1970, he participated to La Nuit de la poésie, the greatest festival of the word which ever took place in Quebec. He appeared as an imposing and solitary man, indifferent to criticisms. He drew up right in front of crowd and, of a sure voice, without failures, he shouted the force of an unchained verb.
On July 7, 1971, Gauvreau died under supsicious circumstances which some consider to be suicide but which the coroner ruled accidental death (he fell from the roof of his building).
The art of Claude Gauvreau was revolutionary for its time. He deconstructed and reconstructed vocabulary, creating the explorean language , tearing to pieces the leading clerical, choking, ideology of Quebec of the
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