Background
Jean Le Moyne was born on February 17, 1913, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Mederic and Albine (Geoffrion) Le Moyne.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
La Presse headquarters
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
National Film Board of Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jesuit College of Sainte-Marie
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
La Presse headquarters
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
National Film Board of Canada
government official journalist researcher screenwriter writer
Jean Le Moyne was born on February 17, 1913, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Mederic and Albine (Geoffrion) Le Moyne.
Le Moyne received his education at the Jesuit College of Sainte-Marie, graduating from it with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
In the early 1940s, Le Moyne began working as journalist for La Presse and Le Canada. He became managing editor for the magazine La Revue in 1953 and later served for a decade as a researcher and scenarist for the National Film Board of Canada.
In 1969, Le Moyne was appointed a special assistant and senior adviser to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and on December 23, 1982, he was appointed to the Senate at the recommendation of Prime Minister representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired on his 75th birthday on February 17, 1988.
Jean Le Moyne of Quebec was an important force in French Canada’s Quiet Revolution, writing essays urging intellectual and literary renewal while still in his teens. In 1961 his book Convergences, a collection of his essays, won three notable literary prizes.
Le Moyne was also a founding member in 1934 of La Relève, a magazine produced by a group of young French-Canadian Catholic intellectuals.
In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of his important contribution to Canadian humanities".
Le Moyne was married to Suzanne Rivard. The couple had 2 children: Antoine and Lucile.
