Louis-Michel Darveau

Louis-Michel Darveau (September 29th 1833 - August 24th 1875) was a notary, a journalist and a critical literary Canadian.

Born with Quebec, it makes its traditional studies with the Petit seminar of Quebec, which it supplements in 1851. Become notary in 1856, it preferred the career of journalist. Founder of the satirical newspaper the Observer in 1858, it will create then the Reform in 1860.

When Antoine-Aime Dorion and John Sandfield Macdonald seizes the power in 1863, the Reform becomes the official body of the liberal party. Darveau was initially perceived as being too radical, but Luc Letellier de Saint-Just convinces it to adopt a new attitude. The newspaper changes name then and becomes the Platform .

Not having received the Patronage envisaged in the agreement, Darveau briefly leaves burdens some against the government, but goes back to work five days later after being heard with Napoleon Aubin. However, it decides to leave for Montreal and to collaborate in the newspaper the National .

At the time of the lawsuit of Octave Crémazie in 1864, Darveau publishes lampoons against its political enemies, who were then François Évanturel, Joseph-Edouard Cauchon and Augustin Côté. Red in the direction of Louis-Joseph Papineau, it is close to the radicals of the Canadian Institut of Montreal. Very patriotic, he seeks to defend the Catholicisme, the Démocratie and the independence of the Province of Canada.

Starting from 1867, it suffers from partial Paralysie, but in spite of its disease, it continues to write biographies and to study the history. Its literary criticism, that it initiated in 1873 with Our men of letters , is one of the first tests to appear on the Canadian Littérature, without pourant to be a chief of work. He dies on August 24th, 1875, without to have supplemented its second volume.

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