Gabrielle Roy at 20, 1929
Gabrielle Roy fonds, Library and Archives Canada
PA-186955
1909
Born on March 22 in St Boniface, Manitoba to
a large, French-Canadian family.
1915
The family is impoverished by her father's
unemployment.
1929
Embarks on a career as a teacher.
1937
Goes to Europe and begins to write.
1939
Returns to Canada and works as a journalist
in Montreal.
1945
At 36, publishes Bonheur d'occasion (translated as The Tin Flute in 1947).
1947
Marries Marcel Carbotte and moves to Paris.
1950
Returns to Quebec City and over the next three
decades produces many major works.
1983
Dies on July 13 in Quebec City.
House where Gabrielle Roy was born, 375 Deschambault Street, St. Boniface, Manitoba
Courtesy of Société historique de Saint-Boniface SHSB 2679
Gabrielle Roy at 70, 1979
Photo: Yousuf Karsh
Library and Archives Canada
PA-180597
Gabrielle Roy and young boys at the train crossing on Saint-Ambroise Street, in Saint-Henri, Montreal, 1945
Conrad Poirier fonds, Bibliothèques et Archives nationales du Québec, Centre de Montréal P48, S1, P11917
Roy's first writing space, in the attic
of her home at 375 Deschambault Street, St. Boniface, Manitoba. Photo: Michel V. Cheff Canadian Museum of Civilization Archives
Gabrielle Roy, in Cardinal, Manitoba, circa 1929
Courtesy of Société historique de Saint-Boniface
SHSB 30546
