Richard Arès, (January 7, 1910 – August 9, 1989) was a French Canadian

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and writer. Born in Marieville,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

, the son of Georges Arès and Dorila Théberge, he was ordained a Jesuit Priest in 1944. From 1974 to 1975, he was President of Académie I of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1979, he was made an Officer of the

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"in recognition of the important role he has played in the cultural life of his fellow citizens"

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* 1910 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Canadian Jesuits Officers of the Order of Canada Writers from Quebec Canadian non-fiction writers in French People from Montérégie French humanists {{Quebec-writer-stub