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1964 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1964 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council, Canada Council for the Arts. Winners English Language *Fiction: Douglas LePan, ''The Deserter''. *Poetry or Drama: Raymond Souster, ''The Colour of the Times''. *Non-Fiction: Phyllis Grosskurth, ''John Addington Symonds''. French Language *Fiction: Jean-Paul Pinsonneault, ''Les terres sèches''. *Poetry or Drama: Pierre Perrault, ''Au coeur de la rose''. *Non-Fiction: Réjean Robidoux, ''Roger Martin du Gard et la religion''. {{GovernorGeneralsAwards Governor General's Awards 1964 in Canada, Governor General's Awards 1964 literary awards, Governor General's Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction; he created the Governor General's Literary Award with two award categories. Successive governors general have followed suit, establishing an award for whichever endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created three Governor General's Awards: the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Governor General's Northern Medal, and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950). Governor General's Literary Awards Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigious p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts (french: Conseil des arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It acts as the federal government's principal instrument for funding public arts, as well as for fostering and promoting the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. The Canada Council fulfills its mandate primarily through providing grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, interdisciplinary art, media arts, music, opera, theatre, writing, publishing, and the visual arts. In addition, the Canada Council administers the Art Bank, which operates art rental programs and an exhibitions and outreach program. The Canada Council Art Bank holds the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world. The Canada Council is also responsible for the secretariat for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the Public L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas LePan
Douglas Valentine LePan (25 May 1914 – 27 November 1998) was a Canadian diplomat, poet, novelist and professor of literature. Life Born in Toronto, Ontario, LePan was educated at the University of Toronto, at Harvard (where he also taught briefly in the late 1930s), and at Merton College, Oxford. During the Second World War, he was on staff at the Canadian High Commission in London and then served in the Canadian Army as an artilleryman during the Italian campaign. He joined the Canadian diplomatic service in 1946, and during his years as a diplomat served in London (as special assistant to Lester Pearson in the late 1940s) and in Washington, as well as in Ottawa. He was formally in the employ of the Department of External Affairs until 1959, though for several years during that time he was seconded by the Department of Finance to serve as Secretary for the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects (the "Gordon Commission"); his work drafting the multi-volume Repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Souster
Raymond Holmes Souster (January 15, 1921 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian poet whose writing career spanned over 70 years. More than 50 volumes of his own poetry were published during his lifetime, and he edited or co-edited a dozen volumes of poetry by others. A resident of Toronto all of his life, he has been called that city's "most loved poet".Notes on Life and Works ," Selected Poetry of Raymond Souster, Representative Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, May 7, 2011. Robert Fulford wrote of Souster in 1998: "You can't read the history of Canadian poetry without encountering him, yet somehow he remains obscure. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Grosskurth
Phyllis M. Grosskurth (March 16, 1924 – August 2, 2015) was a Canadian academic, writer, and literary critic. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in English from the University of Toronto and later a Master of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa. In 1962, she was awarded a doctorate by the University of London, and in addition became a Doctor of Letters at Trinity College, University of Toronto. She published ground-breaking studies of literary/ sexual and psycho-analytical subjects: firstly editing the journals and then publishing a biography of John Addington Symonds. This was followed by a controversial exploration of Freud and his inner circle; then a study of Melanie Klein, which was the source of a successful stage play called Mrs Klein written by Nicholas Wright. Her biography of Lord Byron, The Flawed Angel, was the first comprehensive study of the subject for a generation. Phyllis Grosskurth was in later life profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Pinsonneault
Jean-Paul Pinsonneault (1923–1978) was a Canadian writer who won the Prix Québec-Paris and the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1964 for his novel ''Les terres sèches''. He also published the plays ''Cette terre de faim'', ''Electre'' and ''Terre d'aube'',Fonds Jean-Paul Pinsonneault . and the novels ''Jérôme Aquin'', ''Le mauvais pain'' and ''Les abîmes de l'aube''. ''Les terres sèches'' was one of the first novels in Quebec history to directly address |
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault (29 June 1927 – 24 June 1999) was a Québécois documentary film director. He directed 20 films between 1963 and 1996. He was one of the most important filmmakers in Canada, although largely unknown outside of Québec. In 1994 he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. ''Pour la suite du monde'' (1963), ''The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour)'' (1967), and ''The River Schooners (Les Voitures d'eau)'' (1968) make up his critically acclaimed L'Isle-aux-Coudres Trilogy. His film ''La bête lumineuse'' (1982) screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 36th Cannes Film Festival. Perrault originally studied law (and practiced for two years), before becoming a radio announcer, poet, filmmaker and dramatist. His first involvement with film was on the ''Au pays neufve France'' series, which was based on his radio program for Radio-Canada. Impact Canadian film historian Peter Morris wrote this about Perrault in his 1984 ''The Film Companion'': "The most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réjean Robidoux
Réjean or Rejean is a French masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: *Réjean Cloutier (born 1960), former professional hockey player *Réjean Cournoyer (born 1971), Canadian actor and singer *Réjean Ducharme (1941–2017), Quebec novelist and playwright *Réjean Génois (born 1952), former professional and Davis Cup tennis player from Quebec City * Réjean Houle (born 1949), retired Canadian ice hockey forward *Réjean Lefebvre (born 1943), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 *Réjean Lemelin (born 1954), former National Hockey League goaltender *Réjean Savoie Réjean Savoie (born September 15, 1952) is a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick. He is the Progressive Conservative Party MLA for Miramichi Bay-Neguac since 2022 in a by-election to replace Lisa Harris, having previously repres ... (born 1952), businessman and former political figure in New Brunswick * Rejean Stringer (born 1974), retired Canadian ice hockey fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Awards
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction; he created the Governor General's Literary Award with two award categories. Successive governors general have followed suit, establishing an award for whichever endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created three Governor General's Awards: the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Governor General's Northern Medal, and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950). Governor General's Literary Awards Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigious p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 In Canada
Events from the year 1964 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government * Governor General – Georges Vanier * Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson * Chief Justice – Robert Taschereau (Quebec) * Parliament – 26th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors *Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – George Pearkes * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Errick Willis *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Joseph Leonard O'Brien * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Fabian O'Dea * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Henry Poole MacKeen *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Earl Rowe * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Willibald Joseph MacDonald * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Paul Comtois *Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge Premiers *Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning *Premier of British Columbia – W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |