He was born in Ste Anne de Sabrevois, Quebec[?] and attended the University de Montreal[?] where he studied literature and already began to publish works of poetry. One of his most famous works is Le Libraire which is an existentialist tale of a book store[?] employee in a small Quebec town in the fifties. It deals with one of Bessette's most common themes which is the stifling culture of Quebec in the fifties. Bessette became a professor first at RMC[?] and then at Queen's. In 1980 he won the Prix David[?] in 1980, Quebec's highest literary honour. He currently lives in retirement in Kingston, Ontario.
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See also: List of Canadian writers, List of French Canadian writers[?]
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