Gabrielle Roy designated a National Historic Person of Canada
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WINNIPEG — Gabrielle Roy and the Gabrielle Roy House have both been designated a National Historic Person of Canada and a National Historic Site of Canada, by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada today.
Born in 1909, Roy was a renowned Winnipeg writer who won three Governor General’s Awards and was the first woman admitted to the Royal Society of Canada.
Roy’s house in St. Boniface was turned into a museum in 2003.
“The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of her birth, and still, Gabrielle Roy remains a very pertinent part of Canadian literature,” said St. Boniface MP Shelly Glover in a release.
Roy died in 1983. A quote from her work appears on the Canadian $20 bill.
