Marcel-Marie Desmarais
{{Short description|Roman Catholic priest}}
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Marcel-Marie Desmarais, (April 6, 1908, Montreal – July 16, 1994, Montreal), was a Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster. A member of the Roman Catholic Dominican Order, he became a personality through his popular books and radio and TV programs (CKAC et Radio-Canada) in Quebec. He was also sent as missionary to Brazil during the 1940s.
In 1986 Desmarais won the Eugene Piccard Award for The Magic of the Past (La Magie du Passé).{{cite web |url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/marcel-marie-desmarais |title=Marcel-Marie Desmarais (in French) |website=academie-francaise.fr |publisher=Académie Française |accessdate=17 November 2018}}
Selected works
- {{WorldCat|oclc=49142216|name=Le Bonheur, cet inconnu : moyens pratiques pour vivre heureux}}
- {{WorldCat|oclc=6732571|name=S. Albert le grand, docteur de la médiation mariale}}
- {{WorldCat|oclc=796957965|name=Catholiques d'aujourd'hui, radio-causeries}}
- {{WorldCat|oclc=49108246|name=L'amour à l'âge atomique}}
- {{WorldCat|oclc=8374586|name=Capsules of Optimism (Sister Maria Regina translation)}}
- {{WorldCat|oclc=16053949|name=La magie du passé}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests
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