“He was a sociologist, an observer of life”: Josélito paid a vibrant tribute to Daniel Pinard, who died on Wednesday, aged 82, remembering a significant interview in 2008 as part of the show We always take a train for life.
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“It was my dream to interview Daniel Pinard,” the host confided to Isabelle Maréchal in an interview on QUB radio at 99.5 FM Montreal.
“I remember when he arrived […] I said to myself: “Hey, I feel like I’ve known him forever”. He had a rare elegance, he had something in him of a child who observes life, who is indignant.”
Clear thinker
Michaud remembered Daniel Pinard’s lucid outlook on life. “He had an observation of the world that was disturbing, because at the same time, it took a great thinker to be able to observe it from such a distance, and a fighter to go into the arena,” he said. he said.
“This way he had of naming things, with great poetry, finesse [et] at the same time a brutality, when we had time to punctuate the words.”
Daniel Pinard “praised solitude” and “time spent observing his plants, but also observing the world,” he recalled.
Daniel Pinard acted as a model for many Quebecers, recalls Mr. Michaud, particularly in his way of promoting local and healthy eating, “well before it became trendy”.
*This text, generated with the help of artificial intelligence, was reviewed and validated by our team based on an interview carried out at QUB.
