He was influenced by the nationalism of Henri Bourassa and Lionel-Adolphe Groulx.
He published his first novel in 1922 called Âmes et Paysages.
His best-known work, Les Engagés du Grand Portage published in 1938, was set in the fur trade-years in the early 19th century.
He won the Ludger-Duvernay Prize in 1951 and the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1963.
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