Fernand Dumont (24 June 1927 – 1 May 1997) was a Canadian sociologist,

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

, theologian, and poet from Quebec."Fernand Dumont"
'' The Canadian Encyclopedia'', 19 March 2008. A longtime professor at Université Laval, he won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the

1968 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The year was marked by controversy as both Leonard Cohen and Hubert Aquin refused to accept th ...

for ''Le lieu de l'homme''.

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