Jacques Ferron was a Canadian physician and author. Jacques Ferron was born in Louiseville, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Alphonse Ferron and Adrienne Caron. On March 5, 1931 his mother died. He attended Coll�ge Jean-de-Br�beuf but was expelled in 1936. He continued his education at Coll�ge Saint-Laurent and then was readmitted at Jean-de-Br�beuf, only to be expelled again. In September 1941, he was accepted at Universit� Laval where he studied medicine and on July 22, 1943 he married a fellow student, Magdeleine Th�rien whom he divorced in 1949. November 1943, he enrolled in the Canadian army as a medic and received the acceptance in June 1945. He trained in British Columbia and Ontario and after that was sent to Quebec and New Brunswick as a medic. When relieved of duty in 1946, he settled in Rivi�re-Madeleine, Quebec. His time in Gasp�sie was the inspiration for many of his stories written later. He may have had to leave Rivi�re-Madeleine because he was denounced from the pulpit as a communist by the local parish priest. In 1947, his father died. In 1948, he returned to Montr�al. In 1949, he moved to Longueuil, Quebec and his first book, L'ogre, was published. 

January 20th, 1921 in Louiseville  /  Died:   Apr 22nd, 1985