Huguette Gaulin

Huguette Gaulin Bergeron (1944 – June 6, 1972), was a French Canadian novelist, who committed suicide publicly by self-immolation in a major street of the Old Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, while screaming "Vous avez détruit la beauté du monde!" ("You have destroyed the beauty of the world!").[1]

Luc Plamondon, a French-Canadian lyricist, was inspired to write a hymn in Huguette Gaulin Bergeron's honour. The hymn, entitled Hymne À La Beauté Du Monde, has since been sung by numerous French-Canadian artists such as Diane Dufresne, Isabelle Boulay, Garou, and Éric Lapointe.

Works
  • Lecture En Velocipede, 1972
gollark: There are other parties, but they are mostly irrelevant.
gollark: I have no idea about my mum's political beliefs.
gollark: Our electoral system is, you must remember, terrible.
gollark: I mean, my dad is a conservative member but apparently only because he dislikes Labour?
gollark: No, not really.

References
  1. Une Pomme Plus Verte by Ronald Bergeron, 10/05/07


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