Robert Charbonneau (February 3, 1911 – June 26, 1967) was a French-Canadian journalist, writer, and literary critic.
[2] In 1940, he and Claude Hurtubise founded Éditions de l'Arbre, which republished works that were prohibited in Occupied France.
They also published works by young French-Canadian writers such as Roger Lemelin and Yves Thériault.
In his essay, Connaissance du personnage, he put forth his position that the role of a novel is not to reflect an era or a society but to emphasize man's spiritual quest, his search for identity.
Charbonneau is credited with transforming French-Canadian literature from its agrarian roots to a more modern urban outlook.