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Gabrielle Roy was a Canadian author,
born in Saint Boniface. Gabrielle Roy was educated at Saint
Joseph's Academy. After training as a teacher at The Winnipeg
Normal School, she taught in rural schools in Marchand
and Cardinal and was appointed to Provencher School in
Saint Boniface.
As a young woman she travelled to Europe, but was forced
to return to Canada in 1939 at the outbreak of World War
II. She settled in Quebec to earn a living as a journalist
while continuing to write novels.
