Robert Choquette

For the Canadian Olympic rower, see Robert Choquette (rowing).

Robert Guy Choquette CC GOQ (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡi ʃɔkɛt]; April 22, 1905 – January 22, 1991) was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.

Robert Guy Choquette CC GOQ
Born	(1905-04-22)April 22, 1905 Manchester, New Hampshire, US
Died	January 22, 1991(1991-01-22) (aged 85) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting place	Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Genre	Poetry, Novels, Plays
Notable awards	Order of Canada National Order of Quebec

He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914.

In 1968, he was appointed Canada's ambassador to Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.^[1] He served until 1970.

In 1968, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.^[2] In 1989, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.^[3]

After his death in 1991, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.^[4]

Bibliography

• À travers les vents (1925; “Through the Winds”)-poetry
• La Pension Leblanc (1927)-novel
• Metropolitan Museum (1930)-poetry
• Poésies nouvelles (1933)
• La Fabuliste La Fontaine a Montreal (1935; "The Fabulist La Fontaine in Montreal")
• Le Cure de village (1936; "The Village Curate")-novel
• Les Velder (1941)-novel
• Suite Marine: Poeme en Douze Chants (1953)-poetry
• Oeuvres poétiques (1956; "Poetic Works")-poetry
• Language And Religion: A History of English-french Conflict in Ontario (1975)
• Le sorcier d'Anticosti et autres légendes canadiennes
• Moi, Pétrouchka: Souvenir d'une chatte de vingt-deux ans (1980)