Gilbert La Rocque (April 29, 1943 - November 26, 1984) was a Canadian writer from Quebec.
[1] He was most noted for his novel Les masques, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1980 Governor General's Awards and won the Prix Suisse-Canada in 1981.
[2] Born in Montreal, La Rocque worked as a bank teller and as a clerk at the city hall of Montréal-Nord prior to the publication of his first novel Le Nombril in 1970.
[3] Following his death, his correspondence with writer Gérard Bessette was published in 1994.
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