Roger Lemelin, (April 7, 1919 – March 16, 1992) was a Quebec novelist, television writer, and essayist.
Lemelin was born in Quebec City. From 1944 to 1952, he was a Canadian correspondent for the American magazines Time and Life and, from 1972 to 1981, he was the chief executive officer and editor of the newspaper La Presse.
In 1980, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
Prize from the Académie française (1944)
Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada
Honorary doctorate from Laurentian University
Knight of the Légion d'honneur
Canadian corresponding membership in the Académie Goncourt
Honorary membership in the Union des écrivains québécois
Au pied de la pente douce (The Town Below), 1947
Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family), 1948
Fantaisies sur les péchés capitaux, 1949
Pierre le magnifique (In Quest of Splendour), 1952
The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux), 1952
Les Voies de l'espérance, 1979
Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe, 1982
"Roger Lemelin" in Canadian Writers, an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals, and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada
Roger Lemelin's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia