Félix Leclerc

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Félix Leclerc was a pioneering Québécois singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright whose work helped shape modern French-language music and Quebec’s cultural identity.

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Félix Leclerc canonical 5

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Calixa-Lavallée Award ⓘ
Grand Prix du Disque de l’Académie Charles Cros ⓘ
Order of Canada ⓘ
Prix Denise-Pelletier ⓘ
birthName Félix Eugène Leclerc ⓘ
burialPlace Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans cemetery, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
child Martin Leclerc ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-08-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-08-08 ⓘ
describedBySource Quebec cultural history ⓘ
ethnicGroup French Quebecer ⓘ
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre French-Canadian music ⓘ
chanson ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
honouredIn Félix Award (named in his honour) ⓘ
linked to: Felix Award
influenced Gilles Vigneault ⓘ
Quebec chanson tradition ⓘ
Robert Charlebois ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement Quebec nationalism ⓘ
Quiet Revolution cultural movement ⓘ
name Félix Leclerc ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableWork Bozo ⓘ
Le fou de l’île ⓘ
Le p’tit bonheur ⓘ
Le tour de l’île ⓘ
Les Fleurs de macadam ⓘ
Moi, mes souliers ⓘ
Pieds nus dans l’aube ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
radio host ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth La Tuque, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
residence Île d’Orléans, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Île d’Orléans
significantEvent became a symbol of Quebec’s cultural identity and affirmation ⓘ
helped popularize French-language chanson in Quebec in the 1950s ⓘ
performed in Paris and gained recognition in France in the early 1950s ⓘ
spouse Lise Bonheur ⓘ
Margot Lefebvre ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Félix Award → namedAfter → Félix Leclerc ⓘ
subject linked to: Felix Award
Leclerc → hasNotableBearer → Félix Leclerc ⓘ
Félix Leclerc → name → Félix Leclerc ⓘ