Benjamin Sulte (September 17th 1841 - August 6th 1923) was a journalist, a literary critic, a historian, a soldier, a translator and a poet Québécois.

Born with Three-Rivers, it receives its instruction at the Frères of the Christian schools but must earlier leave the school at the ten years age because of the death of his father four years.

It is interested in the Littérature while occupying several trades, becoming thus autodidact.

When bursts the Affaire of the Trent, it engages in the infantry to avoid a possible American invasion. Quartermaster-sergeant then captain of the militia, it had received a military formation with the college of Quebec

Of 1860 with 1867, he is journalist with the Canada , substitute Elzéar Gérin, but he becomes then official translator with the House of Commons of Canada.

In 1871, it marries Augustine Parent, girl of Etienne Parent, then under-secretary of State for Canada. His/her brother-in-law is the poet and librarian Antoine Gérin-Lajoie.

Benjamin Sulte is very devoted being studied of the Histoire of Canada, a passion which dominated it during all its professional life. Its most known work is its Histoire of the French Canadians , published in 1882.

Considered liberal, it drew up a not very flattering portrait of the Jesuits, of François of Laval and Octave Crémazie, which was worth reproaches to him. He criticized certain aspects of the Nationalisme Canadian-French.

Sulte was nevertheless the most prolific author of its time with approximately 3.500 written articles. It left some poetic worms in and Laurentiennes the new songs , written in 1870 and 1876

Entered the Department of Defense in 1870, it reaches the post of clerk as a chief in 1889. It takes its retirement in 1902, but the end of its life is marked by difficulties, having lived a hard separation with his wife. He died in Ottawa in 1923.

Works published

• History of the Three-Rivers, 1870
• Laurentiennes, 1870
• new songs, 1876
• Mixtures of history and literature, 1876 Chronic
• trifluvienne, 1879
• Album of the history of the Three-Rivers, 1881
• French poetry in Canada, 1881
• History of Saint-François-of-Lake, 1886
• History of the French Canadians, 1882
• History of the French Canadian militia, 1897
• the French language in Canada, 1898
• the Battle of Châteauguay, 1899

Reviews and newspapers

• Canada
• Re-examined Canadian

Organizations

• Member of the Circle of the ten
• Member of the historical Company of Montreal
• Member of the royal Company of Canada, 1882; elected official chair in 1904

Correspondences

• Alfred Garneau
• Évariste Gélinas
• William Kirby
• Joseph-Etienne-Eugene Marmette
• François-Edme Branch of the Holy Father

Honors

• honorary Doctorate of the University of Toronto, 1916

References

• Fifty six years of literary life , Gerard Malchelosse, 1916
• historical Mixtures , Gerard Malchelosse, 1918-1934
• Benjamin Sulte , Francis-Joseph Audet, Bulletin of the historical research, 1926
• In the intimacy of Benjamin Sulte , Albert Tessier, Books of the Ten, 21 (1956): 159-177
• Benjamin Sulte: this tireless sower of writings , Helene Marcotte, 2001

External bonds

• biographical Dictionary of Canada in line
• College Marianopolis