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Bugnet, Georges Charles Jules: 1879-1981. Born in France; educated at the Sorbonne and Université de Lyons; to Canada with his wife and settled in Rich Valley, northwest of Edmonton, 1905; began writing in the winter of 1919-1920; published novels and a book of poems; credited with a sensitive portrayal of the Canadian West and man's struggle with the forces of nature; also known internationally among rose growers for his Theresa Bugnet, a thornless rose which took 25 years to produce ( Edmonton Journal , November 13, 1948). // Dr E.K. Brown, noted Canadian critic, considered this novel of the Peace River country the finest novel to come out of the Canadian West. Some copies were printed on special paper and numbered. Also published, with illustrations by Christian Bard, Saint-Boniface, Man.: Éditions des Plaines, [1984?]; with preface by André Vanasse, Montreal: Typo, 1993. Translated by David Carpenter as The forest , Montreal: Harvest House, c1975.
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