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'''Pierre Vallières''' ([[February 22]] [[1938]] -– [[December 23]] [[1998]]) was born in the east end of [[Montreal]]. He was a journalist and writer of militantly polemical essays and books in support of Quebec independence.

In [[1966]] he became the ideological leader of the [[FLQ]] terrorist organization and conducted a hunger strike at the [[United Nations|UN]] headquarters in [[New York City]] to protest what he considered to be Quebec's plight. ConvictedWhile there, he was arrested and convicted of [[manslaughter]], he(but waslater imprisonedacquitted in Newa Yorksecond fortrial in [[1970]]). During his four years' wherteimprisonment hein spentNew theYork, timehe writingwrote a number of works, the most famous (or perhaps notorious) of which was ''Nègres blancs d'Amérique''. This book compared the situation of Québécois to that of African-Americans at the height of the latter's [[civil rights]] struggles. He also called for armed struggle.

Vallières returned to [[Montreal]] not long after the events of the [[October Crisis]] and renounced violence as a means to achieve Quebec [[Quebec Sovereignism|independence]], resuming his career as a journalist, writer, and publisher. He was also [[gay]] and spent his last few years living in Montreal's gay district.

A [[homosexual]], heHe died of heart failure brought on by [[AIDS]].