Félix Leclerc is the sixth of a family of eleven kids. He grows in a perfect harmony ; he has a great childhood. With his mother, he learned the art of life and the taste of the music and, with his father, he discovers the world of lumberjacks and ''draveurs''. At 13 years old, Félix is sent to study at the ''juniorat Sacré-Coeur'' in Ottawa. After five years of studies, he is not able to get his diploma, so he decides to go back at the farm of his family. He needs to find a job : the city does not attract him, but he is not a farmer, in spite of his profound attachment in the campaign. As he performs the job of announcer at the radio, on the station CHRC, in Quebec city, it's during that period that he bought his first guitar and started writing some songs, just for fun.
During is fantastic life, Félix Leclerc became a folk singer, a poet, an actor and was also a strong voice for Quebec nationalism.When he disappears in 1988, it was a true superstar that had just passed away , the first ''chansonnier of Quebec'', the first ambassador and a charismatic poet. Félix Lelerc was for the culture of Quebec what was Rene Levesque for the politics. With his original thought, he became a living legend. He gave to Quebec an identity, an international presence, which nobody, still, has ever equalling in a so sensational and subtile way at the same time.
Interesting fact : Félix Leclerc died during his sleep on August 8th of 1988 at 8 o'clock in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec. That make a lot of eights!
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