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Gilles Vigneault
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Gilles Vigneault
Homepage
http://gillesvigneault.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-10-27,Natashquan, Québec, Canada
Gender
Male
Biography
Gilles Vigneault (born 27 October 1928) is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver (My country is not a country, it is winter, from "Mon Pays") became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Vigneault was born in Natashquan, in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. He started writing poetry during his studies at the seminary in Rimouski, and by the 1950s was publishing poems and writing songs for other performers. In 1959, he founded the publishing house Les Éditions de l'Arc to distribute his publications. His first collection, Étraves, was published in 1959. In 1960, Vigneault made his singing debut at the L'Arlequin club in Quebec City, followed by a successful Montreal concert later that year. In 1962, he recorded his first album, Gilles Vigneault, and received the Grand Prix du Disque from Montreal radio station CKAC. His reputation grew in Quebec and beyond with the success of his song "Mon Pays", from the soundtrack of the NFB film The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan) in 1965. Vigneault's reputation as a songwriter and performer continued to spread and he became popular not only in Quebec, but also in English Canada and Europe. He performed in major Canadian concert halls, including Montreal's Place des Arts, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and at Toronto's Massey Hall. In Europe, he toured in France, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The mid-1970s saw Vigneault's participation in several major events. On 13 August 1974, 130,000 spectators came together on the Plains of Abraham for the Superfrancofête, where Vigneault participated in a historic concert alongside Félix Leclerc and Robert Charlebois. The concert was recorded and released as the album J'ai vu le loup, le renard, le lion. At the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day concert "Les 5 Jean-Baptistes" on Montreal's Mount Royal on 24 June 1976, Gilles Vigneault performed together with Robert Charlebois, Claude Léveillée, Jean-Pierre Ferland, and Yvon Deschamps. This concert was recorded and released as 1 fois 5, which later received the Grand Prix du Disque (the Charles Cros award). Vigneault's political views have remained strongly in favour of national sovereignty for Quebec. During the 2014 Quebec general election campaign, he supported the Parti Québécois. The main subjects of Vigneault's writing are Quebec and its people, as well as human relationships, love, and everyday life. Vigneault is also concerned with environmental issues and has written songs and tales for children. His childhood reminiscences about his upbringing were filmed by Michel Moreau for the 1993 documentary film A Childhood in Natashquan (Une enfance à Natashquan). Gilles Vigneault has seven children: Michel, Louis, François (a poet and lyricist), Pascale, Guillaume (a novelist), Jessica (a pianist and singer), and Benjamin (a percussionist). Source: Article "Gilles Vigneault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

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Band of Exile
2023-01-18

8.2

Les Rose
2020-08-14

Les bacheliers de la cinquième

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Les bacheliers de la cinquième
1962-06-06

Act of the Heart

4

Act of the Heart
1970-09-24

4

Tinamer
1987-01-01

Le goût d'un pays

6

Le goût d'un pays
2016-12-02

The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan

5

The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan
1965-08-01

6.8

Cordélia
1980-02-07

Une chance qu'on s'a

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Une chance qu'on s'a
2020-05-10

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Les outils
2009-01-01

Jean-Pierre Ferland - La dernière tournée

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Jean-Pierre Ferland - La dernière tournée
2007-07-07

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Deschampsons
2015-01-19

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Musicanada
1975-01-01

9

1res fois
2018-01-18

Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal

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Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

8

À bout portant
1968-12-16

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

6

Midi trente
1972-03-06

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

6

Numéro un
1975-04-05

6.2

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

La Chance aux chansons

4

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

Le monde est à vous

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Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

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Discorama
1959-02-04

En direct de l'univers

1

En direct de l'univers
2009-09-19