Gilles Vigneault
1928
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: traditional folk song
country of citizenship: Canada
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Laval University
occupation: poet, writer, songwriter, singer, storyteller, singer-songwriter, lyricist, musician, actor
award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of Arts and Letters, Molson Prize, Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Governor General's Literary Awards, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Prix Denise-Pelletier
official website: gillesvigneault.com
Gilles Vigneault (French pronunciation: [ʒil viɲo]; born 27 October 1928) is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver (My country is not a country, it is winter, from "Mon Pays") became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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