Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
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Portrait of Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, by Edmond-Joseph Massicotte | |
| Born | Antoine Gérin-Lajoie August 4, 1824 Yamachiche, Lower Canada |
| Died | August 7, 1882 (aged 58) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Children | Léon Gérin |
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Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʒeʁɛ̃ laʒwa]; August 4, 1824 – August 7, 1882) was a Québécois Canadian lawyer, poet and novelist.
He was the author of the famous poem "Un Canadien errant" ('A Wandering Canadian'), as well as the novels roman du terroir Jean Rivard, le défricheur (1874) and its sequel, Jean Rivard, économiste (1876), among other works. He was the father of sociologist Léon Gérin.