Robert Choquette

{{Short description|Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat}}

{{for|the Canadian Olympic rower|Robert Choquette (rowing)}}

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| birth_place = Manchester, New Hampshire, US

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| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| resting_place = Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

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Robert Guy Choquette {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ}} ({{IPA|fr|ʁɔbɛʁ ɡi ʃɔkɛt}}; April 22, 1905 – January 22, 1991) was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.

He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914.

In 1968, he was appointed Canada's ambassador to Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.{{Cite web |url=http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplPeople-en.asp?lan=1 |title=Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts |access-date=2009-12-19 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005081341/http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplPeople-en.asp?lan=1 |url-status=dead }} He served until 1970.

In 1968, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.{{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=297|accessdate=26 May 2010}} In 1989, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.{{cite web|url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=23|title=Citation|work=National Order of Quebec}}

After his death in 1991, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.{{Cite book|title=Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société|publisher=Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery|location=Montreal|language=fr}}