Roy, Gabrielle (Vol. 14) - Introduction
Roy, Gabrielle 1909–
A French-Canadian novelist, Roy was twice the winner of the Canadian Governor General's Award. Her fiction is nationalistic in character, treating themes such as the adverse effect of progress on Canada and its people. Although Roy writes in French, most of her novels have been translated into English. (See also CLC, Vol. 10, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 53-56.)
