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

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

, and poet from

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The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; ) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with financial support by the federal Department of Canadian Heritage and Society of Com ...

'', 19 March 2008. A longtime professor at

Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

, he won the

Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction The Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, se ...

at the 1968 Governor General's Awards for ''Le lieu de l'homme''.

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* 1927 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian philosophers 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians Canadian male poets Canadian poets in French Canadian Roman Catholic theologians Canadian sociologists Governor General's Award–winning non-fiction writers Prix Athanase-David winners Catholic philosophers Academic staff of Université Laval Writers from Quebec City Université Laval alumni Recipients of the Prix Léon-Gérin Poets from Quebec {{RC-bio-stub

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