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| DATE OF BIRTH =February 17, 1913 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH =April 1, 1996 |
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The Hon. Jean Le Moyne | |
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| Senator for Rigaud senate division | |
| In office 1982–1988 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Carl Goldenberg |
| Succeeded by | Gérald Beaudoin |
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| Born | February 17, 1913 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | April 1, 1996 (aged 83) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
Jean Le Moyne, OC (February 17, 1913 – April 1, 1996) was a Canadian journalist, researcher, screenwriter and senator.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1961 he wrote Convergences, winner of the 1961 Governor General's Award for French non-fiction. He won the Molson Prize in 1968.
On December 23, 1982 he was appointed to the Senate at the recommendation of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired on his 75th birthday on February 17, 1988. He sat as a Liberal.[1]
In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of his important contribution to Canadian humanities".[2]
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Further Reading
- Thibault, G., & Hayward, M. (2014). Jean Le Moyne’s Itinéraire mécanologique: Machine Poetics, Reverie, and Technological Humanism. Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review (221), 56-72.
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