Hubert Aquin

Born in Québec, Canada on October 24, 1929 — died March 15, 1977 (aged 47)

Hubert Aquin was a Quebec novelist, political activist, essayist, filmmaker and editor. Aquin was born in Montreal and graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1951. From 1951 to 1954, he studied at the Institut d'études politiques in Paris. On his return to Montreal worked for Radio-Canada from 1955 until 1959.