Laurent Mailhot (22 September 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Canadian historian, writer, professor, essayist, and literary critic.

Biography

Born in Saint-Alexis on 22 September 1931, Mailhot studied at the Séminaire de Joliette. He earned a master's degree from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

and a doctorate from the

University of Grenoble The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 resea ...

. He began teaching at the Université de Montréal in 1963. He was an editor at the journal ''Études françaises'' from 1979 to 1987. Laurent Mailhot died in

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

on 4 January 2021 at the age of 89.

Publications

Studies

*''Le théâtre québécois. Introduction à dix dramaturges contemporains'' (1970) *''Albert Camus ou l’imagination du désert'' (1973) *''La littérature québécoise'' (1974) *''Le réel, le réalisme et la littérature québécoise'' (1974) *''Théâtre québécois II. Nouveaux auteurs, autres spectacles'' (1980) *''Répertoire pratique de littérature et de culture québécoises'' (1981) *''Guide culturel du Québec'' (1982) *''Le Conseil des arts du Canada 1957-1982'' (1982) *''Ouvrir le livre'' (1992) *''La littérature québécoise depuis ses origines'' (1997) *''Plaisirs de la prose'' (2005) *''André Brochu, écrivain'' (2006)

Anthologies

*''Anthologie d'Arthur Buies'' (1978) *''Monologues québécois : 1890-1980'' (1980) *''Le Québec en textes 1940-1980'' (1980) *''La poésie québécoise des origines à nos jours. Anthologie'' (1980) *''Essais québécois 1837-1983. Anthologie littéraire'' (1984) *''L’essai québécois depuis 1845. Étude et anthologie'' (2005)

Distinctions

* Prix France-Québec (1981) * Killam Scholarship (1986) *Prix André-Laurendeau (1987) *Member of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

(1987) *Prix de la revue Études françaises for ''Plaisirs de la prose'' (2005)

References

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