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1986 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The four Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes, two each for children's book writers and illustrators, were outside the Governor General's Awards program for the last time. For Children's Literature Prize winners 1975 to 1986, see "Children's literature" (2) and "Children's illustration" (2) in the footer navigation box. Two awards for literary translation were also included, bringing the number of Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit from 8 in 1986 to 14 in 1987. English French References {{GovernorGeneralsAwards Governor General's Awards Governor Generals Awards, 1986 Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the t ... [...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] |
Governor General's Award For English-language Drama
The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama was divided. Because the award is presented for plays published in print, a play's eligibility for the award can sometimes be several years later than its eligibility for awards, such as the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play or the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award, which are based on the theatrical staging."Plays at the G-Gs: better late than never". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 22, 2005. Titles which compile several works by the playwright into a single volume may also be nominated for or win the award. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple winners and nominees 2 Wins * Catherine Banks * John Mighton * Colleen Murphy * Morris Panych * Sharon Pollock * Jordan Tannahill * Judith Thompson * George F. Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile Cloutier
Cécile Cloutier (June 13, 1930 - September 30, 2017) was a Canadian writer and educator. The daughter of Adrien Cloutier and Maria Lantagne, she was born in Quebec City and studied at the Collège Jésus-Marie de Sillery, at Laval University and at the Université de Paris, going on to earn a doctorate from the Sorbonne and a Master of Philosophy from McMaster University. She studied a variety of languages including Sanskrit and Inuktitut. From 1955 to 1958, she taught French literature, Latin, Greek and Spanish at the Collège des Ursulines and at Marymount College in Quebec City. She was a professor in the French department at the University of Ottawa from 1958 to 1964. She then taught aesthetics and French and Quebec literature at the University of Toronto. Cloutier founded the Canadian Society for Aesthetics (Société canadienne d'esthétique). She was a member of the Société des gens de lettres of France and of the PEN club of Paris. Her collection of poems ''L'Écouté' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For French-language Poetry
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References {{Governor General's Literary Awards *French Canadian poetry awards Awards established in 1981 1981 establishments in Canada Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ... French-language literary awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Major
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016. René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988. Persons with the given name * René, Duke of Anjou (1409–1480), titular king of Naples a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Fournier
Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel (born 1942), British film director * Claude Marcel (1793-1876), French diplomat and applied linguist Other uses * Marcel (''Friends''), a fictional monk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régine Robin
Régine Robin (born as Rivka Ajzersztejn; 10 December 1939 – 3 February 2021) was a historian, novelist, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the sociological practice of literature, earned a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award in 1986. She was described by Robert Saletti as "Montreal's grande dame of postmodernism". Career Régine Robin's published works include ''La Société française en 1789 : Semur-en-Auxois'' (1970); ''Le Cheval blanc de Lénine'' (1979); ''La Québécoite'' (1983), translated in 1989 as ''The Wanderer'' ( Martin and Beatrice Fischer Prize for Fiction); ''Le Réalisme socialiste: Une esthétique impossible'' (1987, Governor-General's Award), translated by Stanford University Press in 1992 as ''Socialist Realism: An Impossible Aesthetic''; ''Kafka'' (1989); ''L'immense fatigue des pierres'' (2001, Grand Prix du Livre de la Ville de Montréal) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For French-language Non-fiction
The Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The program was created and inaugurated in 1937, for 1936 publications in two categories, conventionally called the 1936 awards. French-language works were first recognized by the 1959 Governor General's Awards. Winners and nominees 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References {{DEFAULTSORT:Governor General's Award For French Language Non-Fiction *French Awards established in 1959 1959 establishments in Canada Non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Trudel
Sylvain Trudel (born 1963, Montreal) is a French-Canadian writer. His debut novel ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' appeared in 1986 and he has since published around half a dozen more works of adult fiction. His novel ''La Mer de la tranquillité'' won the 2007 Governor General's Prize. He is also a noted author of children's books A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ..., of which he has published more than a dozen. Selected works * ''La Mer de la tranquillité'' * ''Du mercure sous la langue'' * ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' * ''Terre du roi Christian'' * ''Zara ou la Mer noire'' * ''Les Prophètes'' Prizes * 1987 - Prix Molson du roman, ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' * 1988 - Prix Canada-Suisse, ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' * 1994 - Prix Edgar-Lespérance, ''Les Prophèt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Nepveu
Pierre Nepveu (born 16 September 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. As a scholar, he specializes in modern Quebec poetry, in particular the work of Gaston Miron. He taught at the French Studies Department of Université de Montréal from 1979 until his retirement in 2009. Awards and recognition * 1979: non-fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, ''Les mots à l'écoute'' * 1986: fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, ''L'hiver de Mira Christophe'' * 1997: poetry winner, Governor General's Awards, ''Romans-fleuves'' * 1998: nonfiction winner, Governor General's Awards, ''Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques'' * 2003: poetry winner, Governor General's Awards, ''Lignes aériennes'' * 2005: winner, Prix Athanase-David * 2011: Member of the Order of Canada * 2018: Officer of the National Order of Quebec Bibliography *1977: ''Épisodes'' (L'Hexagone) *1979: ''Les mots à l'écout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Rivard
Yvon Rivard (born August 20, 1945 at Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time Governor General's Award winner, receiving the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1986 for ''Les silences du corbeau'', and the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction in 2013 for ''Aimer, enseigner''. He was a longtime professor of creative writing at McGill University until his retirement in 2008. He won the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal in 1996 for his novel ''Le Milieu du jour''. As a screenwriter, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 for ''Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)'', cowritten with Jacques Leduc."French-Canadian films steal Genie show Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approxima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For French-language Fiction
The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The program was created and inaugurated in 1937, for 1936 publications in two categories, conventionally called the 1936 awards. French-language works were first recognized by the 1959 Governor General's Awards. Prior to 1959, the Canada Council did not present any awards for French-language literature, although four works originally published in French — Ringuet's '' Thirty Acres'', Germaine Guèvremont's ''The Outlander'', and Gabrielle Roy's ''The Tin Flute'' and '' Street of Riches'' — won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction when a follow-up English translation was publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
