Carolus-Glatigny-Louvigny de Montigny, the important Quebec critic, dramatist, and cofounder (with Jean Charbonneau) of the Ecole Litéraire de Montréal, was born in Saint-Jérôme on 1 December 1876. His father, Antoine Testard de Montigny, was a judge; his mother's maiden name was Marie-Louise Hétu. He studied at the Collège Sainte-Marie and then went to law school at the University of Montreal, which he soon abandoned for journalism. As early as 1894 he became a founding member of the Ecole Littéraire de Montréal, of which he was also the first secretary and archivist. In 1895 he began his literary career by publishing a few poems in the Montreal newspapers Le Monde Illustré and Le Samedi, and in 1899 he founded and began editing the newspapers Les Débats and La Gazette Municipale. In 1904 Montigny married Antoinette-Marie Helbronner...