The Hockey Sweater

"The Hockey Sweater" ("Le chandail de hockey" in the original French) is a short story published in 1979 by Quebec author Roch Carrier.

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French - Short story - 1979 - Quebec - Roch Carrier

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Despite its recent date, it has become one of the best known works of literature in Canada. It was made into a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short in 1980, known as The Sweater, or Le Chandail.

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Canada - National Film Board of Canada - Animated short - 1980

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The story is widely considered an allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophone and francophone Canadians, and an essential classic of Canadian literature. An excerpt from the story is now also commemorated in both official languages of Canada on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill.

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Anglophone - Francophone - Canadian literature - Canadian five-dollar bill

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