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Prix Ringuet
The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the Académie des lettres du Québec to an author from Quebec for a book of French-language fiction. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed for novelist Philippe Panneton, who wrote under the pen name Ringuet and was a founding member of the Académie. Prize recipients Prix Molson *1983 - Jacques Folch-Ribas, ''Le Valet de plume'' *1984 - Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, ''La Maison Trestler'' *1985 - Pauline Harvey, ''Encore une partie pour Berri'' *1986 - Daniel Gagnon, ''La Fille à marier'' *1987 - Sylvain Trudel, ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' *1988 - Francine D'Amour, ''Les Dimanches sont mortels'' *1989 - Jean Marcel, ''Hypathie ou la Fin des dieux'' *1990 - Jacques Poulin, ''Le Vieux chagrin'' *1991 - Robert Baillie, ''La Nuit de la Saint-Basile'' *1992 - Paul Bussières, ''Mais qui va donc consoler Mingo?'' *1993 - Jacques Desautels, ''Le Quatrième roi mage'' *1994 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Des Lettres Du Québec
The Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers. It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec. It brings together writers and intellectuals of all disciplines. It can have up to 42 members. Prizes awarded by the Academy * Prix Victor-Barbeau *Prix Alain-Grandbois * Prix Ringuet * Médaille de l'Académie des lettres du Québec *Prix Molson du roman (1983-1994) Founding members *Marius Barbeau * Victor Barbeau * Roger Brien *Robert Charbonneau * Robert Choquette * Marie-Claire Daveluy * Léo-Paul Desrosiers *Guy Frégault *Alain Grandbois *Lionel Groulx *François Hertel *Louis Lachance *Gustave Lamarche *Rina Lasnier * Philippe Panneton * Robert Rumilly Deceased members * André Barbeau *Gérard Bessette * Roméo Boucher *Michel Brunet * René de Chantal *Roger Duhamel *Fernand Dumont *Jean Éthier-Blais *Jean-Charles Fala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Dupré
Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist. The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in literature from the latter institution. From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine ''Voix et Images : Littérature québécoise''; she served as director from 1995 to 1998. She taught at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her poetry collection ''La Peau familière'' (1983) received the Prix Alfred-DesRochers. In 1999, she was admitted to the Académie des lettres du Québec and, in 2002, to the Royal Society of Canada. Selected works * ''Noir déjà'', poetry (1993), received the Grand Prix de poésie from the Festival international de Trois-Rivières * ''La memoria'', novel (1997), received the Prix Ringuet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Robitaille
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène Rioux
Hélène Rioux (born January 12, 1949) is a French Canadian writer and translator. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and was educated at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, going on to study Russian at the Université de Montréal. Her stories have been published in various periodicals such as ''XYZ'', ''Moebius'', ''Arcade'' and ''Possibles''. Rioux has also written a literary column for the ''Journal d'Outremont''. She has translated works by a number of Canadian authors into French, including works by Linda Leith, Julie Keith, Wayson Choy, Madeleine Thien, Taras Grescoe, Bernice Morgan and Lucy Maud Montgomery. Rioux received a Quebec Writers' Federation Award for her translation of ''Self'' by Yann Martel. She was also a finalist for the same award for her translation of ''The Memory Artists'' by Jeffrey Moore (''Les artistes de la Mémoire''). Her novels have been translated into English, Spanish and Bulgarian. Selected works * ''Les Miroirs d'Éléonore'', novel (1990), fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée A
Andrée or Andree may refer to: People * Andrée (given name) * Andree (surname) Places * Andree, Minnesota, unincorporated community in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota * 1296 Andrée, asteroid * Andrée Land (Svalbard) * Andrée Land (Greenland) * Mount Andree, Heard Island * Andrée Island, Antarctica See also * Andre (other) Andre or André is the French form of the given name Andrew. Andre or André may also refer to: People * Andre (surname) * André (artist) (born 1971), Swedish-Portuguese graffiti artist * André (singer), Armenian singer * André the Giant, a ... de:Andree fr:Andrée nl:Andrée sv:Andrée {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Desjardins (writer)
Martine Desjardins (born 1957) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. She is most noted for her 2005 novel ''L'Évocation'', which was the winner of the Prix Ringuet in 2006, and her 2009 novel ''Maleficium'', which was a Governor General's Literary Award finalist for French-language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. Fred A. Reed and David Homel won the Governor General's Award French to English Translation at the 2001 Governor General's Awards for ''Fairy Ring'', their translation of Desjardins' ''Le Cercle de Clara'', and were nominated at the 2005 Governor General's Awards for ''All That Glitters'', their translation of Desjardins' ''L'Élu du hasard''. ''Medusa'', an English translation by Oana Avasilichioaei of her 2020 novel ''Méduse'', is slated for publication in 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Yergeau
Pierre Yergeau (born October 4, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, most noted as a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction. Born in Abitibi, Quebec, Yergeau was educated at Concordia University and the Université de Montréal. He received Governor General's nominations at the 1993 Governor General's Awards for ''Tu attends la neige, Léonard?'', at the 2002 Governor General's Awards for ''La désertion'', and at the 2006 Governor General's Awards for ''La Cité des vents''."Nominees for Governor General's Literary Awards". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', October 16, 2006. Yergeau lives in the region of Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ... with his wife and four children. References External linksCritical bibliography data ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Jobidon
The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a tradition of Gilles at carnival, but the Carnival of Binche is by far the most famous. In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Logan p.223 Costume Around 1000 Gilles, all male, some as young as three years old, wear the traditional costume of the Gille on Shrove Tuesday. The outfit features a linen suit with red, yellow, and black heraldic designs (the colours of the Belgian flag), trimmed with large white-lace cuffs and collars. The suit is stuffed with straw, giving the Gille a hunched back. Gilles also wear wooden clogs and have bells attached to their belts. In the morning, they wear a wax mask of a particular design. After reaching the town hall, they r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Vigneault
Guillaume Vigneault, (born August 5, 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist. He is the son of Gilles Vigneault. Studies and works After receiving a bachelor's degree in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal and beginning a master's degree in the same subject, he decided to be a novelist. When he was young, his favourite writers were Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. He is a musician and used to be a bartender in a pub next to his University campus near the Montreal area of Plateau Mont-Royal. His novel ''Chercher le Vent'' was published in October 2001. In 2003 it was published in English by Douglas and McIntyre, under the title ''Necessary Betrayals''. In 2005 he wrote the complete text for "La dictée des Amériques". He wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film '' Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende)'', the first feature film adaptation of the legend of Chasse-galerie. In 2020, Vigneault, Guillaume de Fontenay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Shimazaki
Aki Shimazaki (born 1966 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French. Her second novel, ''Hamaguri'', won the Prix Ringuet The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the Académie des lettres du Québec to an author from Quebec for a book of French-language fiction. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed for ... in 2000. Her fourth, ''Wasurenagusa'', won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2002. Her fifth, ''Hotaru'', won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction. Her books have been translated in English, Japanese, German, Hungarian, Italian and Russian. Novels Pentalogy "Le poids des secrets" : * ''Tsubaki'', 1999 * ''Hamaguri'', 2000 * ''Tsubame'', 2001 * ''Wasurenagusa'', 2002 * ''Hotaru'', 2005 Pentalogy "Au coeur du Yamato" : * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Duchesne
Christiane Duchesne (born August 12, 1949) is a Quebec researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer. Biography She was born in Montreal and was educated at the Collège Jésus-Marie d'Outremont, at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and at the Université de Montréal where she studied industrial design. From 1990 to 1993, she was a researcher for several audio-visual production companies. She also was editor in chief for the magazine ''Décormag'', an associate editor for the Courte Échelle publishing company and director of the ''Kid Quid'' collection of the publishing house. Duchesne has served on the board of directors for the Salon du livre de Montréal. She wrote a number of scripts for Radio Canada, including an adaptation of ''Alice in Wonderland, Alice au pays des merveilles'' which received the Slovakia, Slovak Prix Court Métrage in 1998. In 1996, Duchesne was one of the finalists for the International Board on Books for Young People's Hans Christian Andersen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
